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7. — The Skunk and the Wolf. 



Wolf gets four bullets from Skunk and then shoots tree. With second 

 shot he breaks rock in three pieces. Then he kills and eats turkey. He next 

 shoots buffalo but without effect. Several Elk coming, he lays in wait for them, 

 but cannot shoot, as he has no load. 



8. — The Bear and the Wolf. 



Wolf visits Bear who kills four of his young ones and cooks them for 

 Wolf's dinner. Bear tells Wolf to swallow no bOnes or his young ones would 

 be crippled. Wolf swallows bones and when young ones come in they are all 

 crippled. He says they must be afraid of him, and goes. Bear comes to see 

 Wolf, who cooks four of his young ones for Bear and tells him not to swallow 

 any bones. Bear does not, and Wolf tells wife to go and get young ones. She 

 cannot get them back and Bear says young ones must be afraid of him, and 

 goes. 



9. — The Raccoon and the Wolf. 



Raccoon suggests to Wolf that they copulate. Wolf consents and Raccoon 

 jumps on him and makes him defecate. Then Raccoon goes to creek and climbs 

 tree. Wolf tries to get him to come down, but without success, then makes 

 hatchet of mud, but it fails to cut tree. Raccoon goes to sleep. While Wolf is 

 asleep Raccoon descends and goes up another tree. 



10. — The Raccoon and the Wolf. 



[Same as No. 9, except that Wolf makes the suggestion as. to copulation.] 

 Says he will kill every Raccoon he meets. 



11. — The Bald-Eagle and the Wolf. 



Bald-Eagle invites Wolf to come and see him. Wolf goes, and Bald-Eagle 

 flies to creek and brings big fish to eat. Wolf asks Bald-Eagle to come and see 

 him. Bald-Eagle goes and Wolf jumps into creek to get food and is drowned. 



12. — The Turtle's War-party. 



Turtle goes scalp hunting. He meets Wolf, who wants to go with him. 

 Turtle allows him after seeing him run. Turtle meets Deer with same result. 

 Turtle comes to creek and Buffalo offers to carry him across between his horns 

 or on his back, but Turtle is afraid of falling off. Buffalo then tells him to 

 get into his rectum. Turtle does so and begins to eat Buffalo's intestines. When 

 across Buffalo falls dead. Turtle butchers Buffalo and hangs him on tree. 

 Wolves see shadow in creek, jump in and are drowned. Turtle comes to camp. 

 Men take him to death judge, who proposes to put him in hot water. Turtle says 

 he will knock hot water over them. Judge then proposes to put him in fire. 

 Turtle says he will knock coals on them. Finally they tie rock to Turtle and 

 throw him into creek. Turtle gets loose and gets to opposite bank of creek. 

 Turtle goes home and wife breaks him to pieces with rock for objecting to her 

 urinating on log under which he was. 



13. — The Turtle's War-party. 

 Turtle goes s.calp hunting. Cannot cross creek. Buffalo offers to carry him 

 between his horns, but Turtle says he might fall off. Buffalo suggests his mouth, 



