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but Turtle objects that Buffalo would bite and kill him. Buffalo then tells 

 Turtle to go into his rectum, which he does. Turtle eats intestines of Buffalo, 

 who falls dead on opposite bank. As Turtle comes out, Wolf comes along. 

 Turtle tells him he has killed Buffalo, and Wolf says he will eat some of it 

 Turtle objects and Wolf suggests that the one who jumps over Buffalo shall 

 eat him. Turtle loses and Wolf gets friend to help him to eat Buffalo. Bear 

 comes. Turtle asks him to butcher Buffalo. Bear does so, and hangs it on 

 tree over creek. Wolves come and hunt about for Buffalo. They find shadow 

 in water and all jump in, but cannot find anything. One suggests that they tie 

 big stone to their necks and jump into water. First one does so. Excrement 

 rises and other Wolves, thinking he is full, jump into water, one after another, 

 and all are drowned. 



14. — The Mourning Frog. 

 Frog loses his wife and two old men give him four days to mourn. He 

 goes out mourning and neither eats nor drinks. Frog comes back and chooses 

 one man to louse him and two to feed him. They decide to go scalp hunting. 

 In morning Frog halloos for men, who come, and sends boy for head man. 

 Frog hears him coming. Frog is near tree. Lightning strikes tree and Frog 

 jumps into creek. 



15. — The Mountain-Lion and the Four Sisters. 



Four sisters live together. One sister cooks, and two make mats. Cook goes 

 for water and finds, skunk. Next time she sees raccoon and then deer. She and 

 sister butcher deer. Next time she sees Mountain-Lion with turkey it had 

 killed. They go away, leaving deer horns in fire. Mountain-Lion comes to 

 camp and starts on their trail. Deer horn cries out and Mountain-Lion turns 

 back, but nobody is there. Starts again after womien, but one stamps foot and 

 apples appear. Mountain-Lion eats them and then goes on. Woman does as be- 

 fore with same result. When Mountain-Lion close to girls one of them stamps 

 foot and makes big ravine. He asks how they got across and they say by little 

 stick they laid across ravine. Mountain-Lion starts across and breaks stick 

 in middle. He falls into ravine and cannot get out. 



16. — The Mountain-Lion and the Seven Sisters. 



Seven sisters live together near creek. They go in turn after water. Young- 

 est goes and sees by path dead turkey. Following mornings other sisters go in 

 order of age and see dead deer, buffalo, bear, elk and another buffalo. They 

 eat all animals and make tallow from buffalo. While butchering buffalo they 

 get excited and look out. Youngest sister sees Mountain-Lion coming with deer 

 on his back, which he lays down and goes off. They run away and each has little 

 dog. Mountain-Lion brings another bear. He is mad that deer not eaten and 

 eats it himself. Mountain-Lion starts after women. Oldest sister gives out 

 and tells sisters to kill her little dog and put tallow on it. Mountain-Lion eats 

 dog and starts after sisters again. This takes place until all the dogs have 

 been killed, and have been eaten by Mountain-Lion. Oldest girl gives out and 

 is killed and eaten by Mountain-Lion. This happens to all the sisters in suc- 

 cession, except the youngest. She goes on crying all day and comes to lodge 

 where bad man lives. She asks man to save her. He calls his dogs and tells 

 them about Mountain-Lion. He says if he looks at Mountain-Lion with left 



