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At first Old-Man gave them no horses; but dogs to carry their 

 things. Old-Man told them how to get horses. He told them when 

 they were going over a certain hill not to look back. For four days 

 they walked without looking back, but on the fourth day they heard 

 horses coming up behind ; so they turned around and looked, and the 

 horses vanished. 



Old-Man said to the man, "Go -up in the mountains and cut a piece 

 of flesh from yourself and give it to me, and do not eat while you are 

 there and you will have visions that will tell you what to do.'' 



Old-Man told them how to build a sweat-house, and of its purpose. 

 Old-Man said: "The land I gave you is the best of lands made 

 by me and upon it you will find everything you need,— pure water, 

 vegetation, timber, game, etc. I have put you in the center of it and 

 I have put people around you as your enemies. If I had made you 

 in large numbers you would be too powerful and would kill the other 

 people I have created. You are few in number, but are brave. These 

 women may breed too fast and you will have to destroy some of the 

 young before they are born." 



Old-Man visited them once, riding a deer, using for a bridle willow 

 branches, and carrying in front of him as. a weapon a sword of split 

 sapling. 



On this visit Old-Man saw the young men playing a game with 

 sticks, and in their excitement one of the young men went too near 

 Old-Man on the deer, which, being frightened, jumped and threw Old- 

 Man, and the deer ran one way and Old-Man went in the opposite 

 direction, leaving the bridle "and the sword. 



2 . Old Man Coyote and Theft of Summer. 



A long time ago it was always winter, and towards the south 

 always summer and all the beautiful birds lived there. 



The Maker of all things appeared in the form of a Coyote, all 

 powerful, and at certain times he got into predicaments that a child 

 could have gotten out of, so silly and weak was Old Man Coyote at 



times. 



Old Man Coyote approached a youth who was blowing on his 

 hands to warm them, and said, "What is the matter with you?" and 

 pointing to the south, said, "Down that way, all is summer, and young- 

 boys like you run after young buffalo calves ; and when the birds have 

 their young ones in the spring the boys catch them and have a good 

 time ; what are you doing out here, where it is all so cold?" The youth 



