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A fourth hunt was held, this time for buffalo, when two buffalo 

 were killed by the little boy, who secured the best parts. This time, 

 the chief sent five of his men to demand the meat of the little boy, 

 and again the little boy refused and told the men to tell the chief to get 

 his own meat. When the five men told the chief, he became very 

 angry and said he was going to kill the little boy and get the meat 

 himself. He went to the boy and found him butchering the buffalo. 



The chief said to the boy, "Do you want to die?" But the boy 

 paid no attention to the chief, who shot an arrow at him, which bounded 

 back, the chief shot the second, third, and fourth arrow at the boy, 

 and each arrow -bounded back. After the fourth arrow had been shot, 

 the boy stood up and when the chief saw that the arrows had not killed 

 the boy, he begged for mercy, and offered to give the boy half of his 

 wives, horses, meat, and his big tipi, but the boy refused and said, "All 

 are going to be mine." He then shot an arrow into the chief and killed 

 him. 



The little boy called to his brother to help him drag the body of the 

 chief to the place where he had thrown the little boy in and the two 

 boys dragged the dead chief to the place and threw him in, and as he 

 was thrown in, the chief's father came up and took him under the water 

 and ate him. The killing of the chief by the little boy had been heard 

 of about the camp. 



When the boys returned home and told what had happened, the 

 people were glad. 



The boy said, "All the men whose wives and horses were taken by 

 the chief may have them back, and I will keep his own horses and his 

 tipi, for I am now chief." 



23. — The Young Men and the Turtle. 



A long time ago twenty young men went to the enemy's country 

 to make war with them, but seeing nothing of the enemy, they returned 

 home. On their way back, they came upon the top of a hill and they 

 saw what they thought a large body of water, like a lake, and when 

 they approached it, it proved to be a great turtle that was moving across 

 the prairie. 



Eighteen of them climbed upon the back of the turtle and enjoyed 

 themselves by singing. The other two were afraid to get on, for fear 

 of its being something supernatural, and went on ahead and mounted 

 a high hill, from which they could see a big lake. They shouted back to 

 their companions to get off the turtle, for it would go into the lake. 



