The love that gave me courage then, will give me strength now.

Fear not for me; my limbs will not be weary, and when the Great Spirit calls me, I will hear his voice, and follow you to the land of spirits, where there will be no more sickness nor trouble." Many stars shone out that night; they assisted in the solemn and the sacred watch.

The mother looked at the faces of her sleeping sons, and listened to their heavy breathing; they had but started on the journey of life.
She turned to her husband: it was but the wreck of a deserted house, the tenant had departed.
The warrior was already far on his journey; ere this, he had reached the lodge where the freed spirit adorns itself ere entering upon its new abode.
Some days after, Harpstenah entered her native village, bearing a precious burden.

Strapped to her back was the body of her husband.

By day, she had borne it all the weary way; at night, she had stopped to rest and to weep.