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feathers from arrow sticking through opening at top and follows brother and 

 sister through air. They fight and all brothers but youngest and adopted sister 

 are killed. Little brother kills old woman and restores brothers to life. They 

 go up above and are turned linto the seven stars of Dipper and sister into little 

 star near Dipper. 



22. — Selfish Chief and the Two Boys. 



Bad chief takes best of everything from his followers and all elk teeth at 

 killing. Grandmother had two grandsons, one having pretty wife, whom chief 

 takes away. At hunting grandson sees dead buffalo cow with calf, and takes 

 best parts of cow and calf and places them in hollow of tree. One of chief's 

 men tells him about cow and that little boy was near it. When boy denies he 

 killed cow, chief kills him and slides body over ice to father to eat Boy falls 

 into air hole and father of bad chief, instead of eating him, restores him to life 

 and gives him bear skin robe, makes arrows and marks them with medicine 

 colors, and tells boy to kill chief. Boy goes to tree and takes meat home. Chief 

 sees smoke coming from tipi and sends wife to see what grandmother and boy 

 are doing. She tells chief they are eating good buffalo meat and he sends her 

 again to bring meat to him. Younger brother will not allow her to have it and 

 says chief can get his own meat. Next buffalo hunt little boy and brother kill 

 two buffalo and refuse to give any to chief. Soon afterwards they kill elk and 

 again refuse chief. On fourth hunt little boy kills two buffalo and on his re- 

 fusing chief's demand for meat, chief goes and tries to kill him Arrows (4) 

 bound back. Chief begs for mercy and offers boy half his wives and other 

 property, but boy refuses and shoots him. Little boy and brother drag body 

 of chief to place where chief had thrown little boy in. Throws in body of chief 

 and father eats him. They return and little boy tells men to take their wives 

 and horses and declares himself chief. 



23. — The Young Men and the Turtle. 



Twenty young men see great turtle moving across prairie. Eighteen of 

 them climb on its back and sing. Other two mount high hill and see big lake. 

 They tell companions, but they cannot get off turtle They sing death songs 

 while turtle goes into lake. Two others go home and tell of turtle. 



24. — Dwarfs on the Ledge 



Dwarfs formerly live on projecting ledge on Pryor Creek. Indians shoot 

 arrows into ledge and pray that they may be as strong as dwarfs and that 

 aim may be as true as theirs. 



25. — The Place where the Buffalo go over by the Will of the Sun. 



On Pryor Creek is gully, bed of which is wider than top opening. When 

 buffalo, deer and elk stepping over opening it widens and animals fall into bot- 

 tom. Opening then resumes former width. 



26. — Baby Tracks. 



Twenty miles north of Plenty-Coup's Camp, .on Pryor Creek, is spring, on 

 ground near which are baby tracks. Married women go to spring, take pair of 

 baby moccasins and pray that they may have child. 



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