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was killed, and said, "It makes me mad to see that they have some- 

 thing good to eat." So he ate, and started after the sisters again. 

 The oldest sister said, "Sisters, there he comes, right after us." 

 So the oldest one killed another of the dogs and put tallow on it. 

 The Mountain-Lion came to it and said, "I will get all of you." 

 The sisters were now a good distance ahead of the Mountain-Lion. 

 When they saw him again they killed another dog. The Mountain- 

 Lion came to where the dog was, and ate him. They gained on the 

 Mountain-Lion a good way, but he soon caught up with them. The 

 girls killed another dog and gained on him again, but he caught up 

 with them again. They killed all the dogs and he was still after 

 them to eat them. He had eaten all the dogs. 



The oldest girl was now giving out. The rest waited for her, 

 but she was tired out, and told her sisters to go on and try to get 

 away, saying, "He will kill me" So the Mountain-Lion got after 

 them again, and said: "It makes me mad at this woman. I was 

 feeding them." He killed the woman and ate her. He started 

 after her sisters. They had gotten a long way ahead, but he caught 

 up with' them. The oldest of the six was tired out, and went out by 

 the road, and said : "Sisters, try your best to get away. I am 

 going to be killed." The Mountain-Lion came to the girl, killed 

 her and ate her, in no time. The other girls had started on, and 

 the oldest one of the five gave out, and turned to one side: The 

 Mountain-Lion came along and killed her and ate her up. Now 

 the oldest of the four was tired out. The Mountain-Lion came 

 along, killed her and ate her. So there were only three left. They 

 started on. The oldest one gave out, and the Mountain-Lion came 

 upon her and ate her up. So that left two. These two went on. 

 Both were crying, and though they had got a long way off, the Moun- 

 tain-Lion was after them. The older of the two was tired out, and 

 told her sister to try to get away. The Mountain-Lion came and 

 killed her and ate her. Now the youngest was left. She went on, 

 and was crying all day, and the Mountain-Lion was right after her. 



The girl came to a lodge where one bad man was living. She 

 told this man that a Mountain-Lion was eating them up, and she 

 would like to be saved. The man said, "All right, I will save you." 

 The man called up his Dogs, and said: "My Dogs, here is a girl. 

 There were seven of them, and a Mountain-Lion has eaten all but- 

 this one. She has asked me to kill him. I want you to watch my 

 eyes. If I look at him with my left eye I want you to kill him. 

 I will talk to him." So the Mountain-Lion got to this man's lodge, 



