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got to the well, they saw the Rabbit's tracks. All studied as to 

 what they should do. When evening came they went home again 

 and said that if the Rabbit should come again to the well they 

 would track him. The Rabbit came again, and they came to work, 

 and saw the tracks. They said, ''We must do something to the 

 Rabbit." So they drew the picture of a girl, and left it where the 

 well was. Then they returned home, while the Rabbit should re- 

 turn to the well for another drink. The Rabbit returned to the 

 well, saw the picture of the girl, and said he wanted to drink very 

 bad. The girl listened to the Rabbit, but did not say anything. 

 Then the Rabbit would say, "Girl, I want a drink. You listen to 

 me ; you ought to give me a drink ! If you do not, I will whip you 

 till I have nearly killed you." The Rabbit hit the girl with his 

 right foot. It stuck fast to the girl. The Rabbit said, "Turn me 

 loose ! or I will hit you with my other hand." So the Rabbit hit 

 the girl with his left foot, and it stuck to the girl's face. The Rab- 

 bit said, "Turn me loose ! or I will kick you and that will hurt.'' So the 

 Rabbit kicked the girl with his right leg, and it stuck to the girl. The 

 Rabbit said, "Turn me loose ! or I will kick you with my left leg, 

 and sure enough, that will hurt you." So the Rabbit kicked the 

 girl with his left leg, and it stuck to the girl's picture. The Rabbit 

 said, "If you do not turn me loose I will bite you !" So the Rabbit 

 bit the girl, and his mouth got stuck to her. 



When the men came back to work, they saw the Rabbit stuck to 

 the girl's picture, and they said, "See, we have got him." So they 

 threw the Rabbit and the girl's picture away. 



21. — The Woman who married her Son. 



Once there was a camp, and just as they were starting on a 

 deer hunt, a woman died, and the people buried her. But her boy 

 was away, visiting other Indians. After the people had left the 

 camp, the boy returned, and this dead woman was there, alive. So 

 they both started in the direction the Indians had gone. But the 

 woman had dressed herself as a man and in the Indians' style ; the 

 woman and the boy were dressed alike. 



When they came to the camp, the old Indians wanted to see the 

 boy, and they said, "The boy that went to see those Indians has 

 come back." It was thought that this boy and woman were mar- 

 ried ; so the Indians wanted them to eat, and everybody went to 

 see them. 



This woman had left five children, so when she saw them, she 



