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and the branch, which he was still waving. 'Come out of the ground, 

 brother! I have come after you!" said Big-Chief. "Well, no! When 

 you went away from me you told me to drive the flies away, so that is 

 what I am doing," said the young man. 



Big-Chief then returned to the camp-circle, but didn't tell the 

 people about his brother, though he told his wife that the young man 

 had refused to come home. So Big-Chief and his wife both went 

 to the pit. "My brother-in-law, please come out and go home with us," 

 said the wife. "No ! I cannot go, for my brother has told me to keep 

 the flies away," said the young man. So Big-Chief and his wife re- 

 turned to their tipi. Again they went to see the young; man, but when 

 they got there, they could only see the branch above the ground, as the 

 young man still waved it driving the flies away. "My dear brother-in- 

 law, come out and go home with us," said the wife. 



Big-Chief and his wife noted that the meat was in good condi- 

 tion. (This young man by walking around had worn away a circular 

 pit, the meat on top of the ground sinking down with him.) But the 

 young man still refused to go home with Big-Chief, saying that his 

 brother had told him to drive away the flies. So Big-Chief and his 

 wife returned without hope. A fourth time Big-Chief went to the 

 young man, taking with him his wife. "My dear brother-in-law, I 

 liave come again to tell you that the people whom we belonged to have 

 taken away everything we had since you have been absent. My 

 dear brother-in-law, if you only could see into our present condition, 

 outside of the camp-circle, you would feel different. We have had hard- 

 ships to endure continually, and cannot bear them much longer. The 

 whole tribe has gone against us. Your brother is a common man, and 

 very poor, because of misfortunes," said the sister-in-law, pitifully, 

 "Come out, brother-in-law, if you please." "All right," said the young 

 man, and he jumped out of 'the pit. 



So Big-Chief and his wife and brother started for their camp-circle. 

 When they got there the company of young men were dancing in a big 

 tipi at night. They were all having a good time. This young brother- 

 in-law had a lean-back club-board with which he came out of the pit, 

 in place of the branch with which he had kept away the flies. Said 

 the young man to his sister-in-law% "Sister-in-law, you may take this 

 club-board and go in and tell the dancers that I have returned all 

 right." So the sister-in-law went over to the dancers' tipi and said 

 to the first young man standing outside. ''My brother-in-law has re- 

 turned." "Oh, get away fr9m here I We don't want to hear about 

 him, and we don't want you here either," said the man. "Go away!" 



