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come right back. When he got to the top of the ridge his Horse saw 

 him and came running to him. 



The boy said, "Hello." The Horse said : "Where have you been ? 

 I have been hunting for you for two years." The boy said : "Two girls 

 found me and took me to their home. They watched mie for a long 

 time, and to-day is the first time I have been out." The Horse said : 

 "We will go with you where you are. You must come back here in 

 two days." The boy came back in two days, and the wild Horses were 

 there again. He rode the Horse and drove the others to his adopted 

 home. He gave the two sisters a Horse each. The girls were glad. 



The boy grew to be a man. They went off one day and found the 

 other Horses. One Horse was yellow spotted. The boy had a good 

 many Horses. After a while, the sisters began to love their brother, 

 and married him. He lived with them and had children. 



After a while his Horse said to the boy : "If you want to see your 

 people they are here, close by, now. I will go and see if they are here. 

 I will come back and tell you." So he went and stayed away two days. 

 He came back and told the boy that they were there. The boy told 

 his wives he was going to see his people. He said he did not know 

 whether he would come back or not. 



The next morning, the boy started. He rode his Horse. He found 

 the camp. He told his Horse to go back and watch the other Horses. 

 So the Horse said, "There is your camp, right this way." The boy 

 started for his people. He came to his father's lodge. His father was 

 there. The boy walked in and the old man said, "Hello, give me 

 smoke." He thought it was somebody else. 



The boy said : "Father, I am back." He handed the old man his 

 bow and arrow and the old man noticed that it was his boy. He cried 

 out, and the old woman said, "This is the boy that we lost." He finally 

 got used to them and went back home with them. After they were 

 home they made him marry again. So he had three wives. 



He stayed home about two years, and told his wife that he was mar- 

 ried and was going where his wives were.. So his Horse came, and 

 said : "I want you to get your wives together. I am getting old. I 

 expect to live long with you." So he went with his Horse and reached 

 the home of his first wives. 



He said, "I want to get all of you together." He asked his father- 

 in-law whether or not he objected. The old chief said it would be all 

 right with him ; that he supposed they would all live together and have 

 a good time. They set out for the place where his other wives were 



