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to work to get the boy a girl. The chief went to see one old man, 

 who had a very pretty girl. The old man said, "I have nothing to say 

 about it, but one question I want to ask you — if that boy is your own ?" 

 The chief said, "No, but he is just the same as my boy, for my daugh- 

 ters found him out on the prairie, and they brought him home, and 

 they wanted him to be their brother; so I told them it was all right. 

 That is how I got him. My daughters want him to marry here. He is 

 not of our tribe, but he will never go home, because his brother whipped 

 him for riding his favorite horse that his brother told him not to ride." 



The chief went to work. Next morning, the girls cooked some buf- 

 falo meat and took it over to the old man. The old mam told all his 

 people folks to come. They went, and had quite a time about the 

 marriage. Finally the old man said, "All right." He told his people 

 that the chief wanted his daughter to marry his son, and he wanted 

 them all to think what should be done. He said, "I do not know the 

 boy, and I hate to refuse the chief." So they all were willing to have 

 the boy. They ate the food, and the next morning, the chief brought 

 the horses. They went and told the old man, who said there were not 

 enough horses. They took the horses and told the chief that the old 

 man said there were not enough to go around his family. The next 

 morning, the chief took five more. They divided the horses. The boy 

 took one, while the old man kept two. The wedding took place in 

 two days. The boy's sisters were glad to see their brother get married. 

 After they were married, the old man gave his son-in-law a talk. He 

 told him he had given him his daughter and that he wanted him to 

 treat her good as long as they lived. After a while the chief came and 

 gave his son advice. 



After the boy was married he went to see his folks. When he got 

 home his father was surprised to see his son. He told his father that 

 he was married. The old man began to cry. His brother was crying, 

 too. The boy told them that he had only come back on a visit and that 

 he was going away again. So the old man wanted him to stay. But 

 he told his father that he had another father. The old man started 

 to cry again. The boy went off. He told his. father he would be back 

 again sometime to see him. 



The next time the boy came back he brought his wife. The old man 

 was surprised to see him back with his wife. The boy stayed about a 

 year with his people. Next time he went off he told his father that this 

 was the last he would ever see of him. His wife did something for her 

 father, and they went off again. That was the last time the old man 

 ever saw his son. He ate nothing for four days. 



