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"Oh, pshaw! don't make any. such remarks," said one of the brothers. 

 "She has taken pains to bring a pair of moccasins, which are nicely 

 quilled," said another. 



Usually, the brothers were on the hunt all the time. On this morn- 

 ing, the brothers had planned to go out for a general hunt and leave 

 their oldest brother with his wife. ' Say, brothers, let me remain at 

 home with my sister-in-law, while you go to hunt, instead of me," said 

 the least boy. "Well, no ! You have got to go along if you want to 

 get the meat you always want to eat. If you don't come along, we 

 shall leave behind your choice of the beef," said the brothers. "But 

 bi*others, just take a g-ood look at our sister, she has arm bands (the 

 muscles of a man)," said the least brother. "Say, boy, don't mention 

 anything before her. Come along !" said the brothers. Finally the 

 least boy yielded and went out with the rest, and the oldest brother 

 stayed at home with his, as he supposed, wife. 



After the brothers had been gone for a certain length of time, 

 Sleepy- Young-Man loused the husband to sleep and then took out his 

 knife and cut his head ofif. After this was done, he grabbed the head 

 and escaped to the iron tipi, but as he was running with the head, he 

 was discovered by the geese, which began to prance and cackle so loud 

 that the sign was heard by the brothers on the hunt, who returned 

 to find out what M^as the trouble. "Didn't I tell you that that person 

 had arm bands before we left our brother ?" said the least boy. So they 

 ran after him as fast as they'could, over one divide after another. The 

 cannibals reached the last divide just as Sleepy- Young-Man reached 

 the iron tipi., "What shall I do? I am carrying the head, and they are 

 still coming after me!" said he. "Well, just run around the camp four 

 times and it will be all right with you," said the woman inside. So he 

 did as he was told, and just as he had got around the fourth time, she 

 opened the door, and he went in, barely in time to escape the cannibals. 



The cannibals were outside, panting and walking around. "Bring 

 that person out. He killed our brother!" they said, "we have got to 

 have him for a big feast, in return for his deed !" "Oh, you shall have 

 him in a short time." said the woman. Then she said to Sleepy- Young- 

 Man, "You must be willing to do what I want of you. I shall throw 

 your body against the door, but it will bound back to me. and the can- 

 nibals will stick their heads in to catch your body," said the woman. 

 "All right," said Sleepy- Young-Man. The cannibals were now com- 

 plaining to the woman because she did not throw the young man out 

 so that they could punish him. So she took him and swung him against 

 the door. It opened wide enough for the cannibals to stick their heads 



