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An Owl came and took the baby away to his nest. The baby's folks 

 hunted for him all over the village, but could not find him. They 

 thought he was dead, and were mourning for him. 



One day a boy was coming back from watering horses and he heard 

 an Owl halloo ; at the same time he heard another halloo, as though 

 made by a person. He listened. He heard it again. He went back and 

 told his folks that he had heard an Owl halloo and also a person. They 

 said, "We know the tree where they are." So all went to see the tree. 

 They cut the tree down to see if it was there. They split the tree, and 

 there they found the baby. 



The baby acted like an Owl, and would bite like one. They took 

 him back, and finally he got used to them. 



34. — The Boy who killed the Hill. 



There was once a village by a hill. The hill was eating up every- 

 thing — all the buffalo and deer and horses. 



Finally there was a boy in the village, who said, "I will kill that 

 hill." His mother said, "You leave him alone, for he eats buffalo and 

 deer, as well as men." But the boy said, "I will kill him anyhow." 

 He got his knife and sharpened it. He went out to the hill, and said 

 to it, "Now eat me ; you have eaten lots of men." The hill said, "What ! 

 Will a boy like vou say that to me ! I will eat you, sure enough !" So 

 the hill ate the boy. 



As soon as the boy was inside of the hill he cut the hill's heart, 

 and the hill wondered how such a boy could make him sick ; he thought 

 he must be mad. After a while, the hill died. 



The boy came out, and said, "I have killed him, sure enough." So 

 everything that was inside of the hill came out — buffalo, deer, turkeys' 

 — and all went into the woods. 



The chief of the village said he must have a council and do some- 

 thing for the boy, in return for what he had done for the people. So 

 they held a council meeting, and they decided to let the boy have the 

 chief's daughter. He invited all the chiefs to come and take dinner 

 with him. 



35. — The Boy and the Bad Spirit. 



The Indians once went out scalp hunting. They got about five miles 

 away. One man got tired and his foot was sore. He concluded that 

 he would turn back. He started back, and went over a hill. When 

 night came he stayed by a creek. He had killed a fat deer. He jerked 

 the best part of the deer and was roasting it. 



