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bone whistle and went to the lake with his friend to watch him. He 

 then blew the bone whistle, and at the same time made four leaping 

 motions, the fourth time making a plunge to the ice below, in which 

 he made a circular hole, and passing under the ice he brought out two 

 beavers in both hands at the eastern part of the lake. "Well, friend, 

 this is the way I have to furnish you a meal at my tipi," said the man. 

 So they both went to the tipi dragging the beavers. 



The medicine-man skinned the beavers and gave the meat to his 

 wife to cook for his friend. The visitor took his seat in the back of the 

 tent, while the woman placed the meat in a kettle to cook, closely 

 watching the man the while. When the meat was done, the medicine- 

 man and his wife ate a good meal with their friend. 



"My good friend, you treat me well ; you possess the same power 

 that I have," said the visitor, and he continued, "You shall come over 

 to our camping place ; it is but a short distance from here. I shall look 

 for you to-morrow." 



So he started ;off on a run over the hill, and came puffing and 

 blowing to his home. When he had reached his tipi he said to his wife. 

 "My old woman, make haste and take down our tent and have every- 

 thing r^ady to move; I am going ahead to select a place for it." So 

 he went ahead, down the river until he came to a lake all covered with 

 thick ice, and there was a leaning tree standing in the center of the 

 lake. Then he went back to his tipi, told his wife to pack up, and 

 together they started off to the place selected for the tipi. When they 

 got there the man noted the distance from the tipi to the lake and that 

 the tipi faced toward the sunrise [so that the conditions might be the 

 same as he had found them while visiting the medicine-man], when 

 they pitched the tent accordingly. 



"My old woman," said he, "build a big fire !" "Why do I have to 

 do that? It is not necessary," said the wife. "I want to get some char- 

 coal to paint myself with to-morrow," said the man, "for my friend the 

 medicine-man is coming to see us to-morrow." 



The wife did as she was ordered. Early on the next morning he 

 told his wife not to build a fire until he had. gathered the charcoal. 

 After he had gathered the charcoal his wife started the fire, cooked the 

 food and they ate breakfast. He then gave the charcoal to his wife 

 that she might pound it into paint. 



Now the wife went out to straighten the ear flaps of the tipi and 

 saw a man standing a short distance from it. Then she went into the 

 tipi and told her husband that somebody was standing outside of the 

 tipi. It was his friend, the medicine-man. 



