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tie. "Well, go into my rectum," the Buffalo said. The Turtle said, 

 "All right, I will be safe there." So he crawled into the Buffalo's 

 rectum and then the Buffalo started across. But when the Buffalo 

 was half-way across, the Turtle started to eat his intestines, and 

 just as the Buffalo got to the opposite bank, he fell dead. The Tur- 

 tle came out. 



As the Turtle was coming out, the Wolf came along and said, 

 "Hello, brother." The Turtle said, " I was going scalp hunting, but 

 J have killed the Buffalo, so I am to have something to eat." The 

 Wolf said: "I am glad you have killed him. I will eat some of 

 him." The Turtle said, "Why, no, you are able to kill one yourself 

 and I am not. You go and kill one for yourself, for I am going to 

 eat this one." The Wolf said, "Let us try to jump over the Buffalo ; 

 the one that jumps over shall eat him." They jumped, and the 

 Turtle failed to get over, but the Wolf jumped clear over. The 

 Turtle lost. The Wolf said, "I am going to get my friend to help 

 me eat the Buffalo." 



While the Wolf was gone the Bear came along to where the 

 Turtle was and said, "Hello, Turtle." And the Turtle said : "I 

 was going out scalp hunting, and have killed a Buffalo to eat, and 

 the Wolf came along and said he was going to eat it, him with his 

 friend. He has gone after his friend, and I want you to butcher the 

 Buffalo for me, so I can eat him myself," The Bear butchered the 

 Buffalo and hung him on a tree that leaned over a creek. 



After a while the Wolves came back, about ten of them, and the 

 leader said, "The Buffalo was right here." So the Wolves hunted 

 for it all along the creek. They found the Buffalo's shadow in the 

 clear water. They all jumped into the water but could not find any- 

 thing. They came out on the bank again and studied what to do. 

 Again they could see the Buffalo in the water — it was his shadow. 

 One of them said, "I will tell you what we can do : We can tie a 

 big stone to us and jump in the water, and we can get the Buffalo 

 easily," The first tied a stone to himself and jumped in the water. 

 After a while excrement came to the top of the water and the rest 

 of the Wolves said, "He must be full" So one after another 

 jumped into the water, and all were drowned and died. 1 



14. — The Mourning Frog. 



There was once a Frog who lost his wife and was mourning. 

 He said he was going scalp hunting. He called in two old men and 



• See No. 12. 



