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took the lead and crossed the stream all right, as did also the rest, with 

 the exception of the youngest one. When the youngest one was about 

 to land on the other side, he got a splinter in his foot, and howled tor 

 pain. The rest stopped to see it. The splinter could not be seen, but 

 the young man groaned much. "Let us travel slowly, and it may be 

 that he may get over it. It is nothing but a splinter, and generally 

 they last a short time," said some of them. 



So the party continued on their journey, through the tall grass, 

 'over the steep ravines and over broad prairies, until this young man 

 could not keep up. His foot had become swollen, which made the 

 others rest for his sake. This young man appeared very weary and 

 somewhat discouraged at this time. The others seeing that the next 

 camping place was yet far, decided to pack him by turns' and allow 

 him to walk on one leg. So each one packed him and he would hop 

 along on one leg. At this time, the journey for the convenient spot was 

 tedious, and the sun was going down very fast. Finally, they all reached 

 the river, which had plenty of water and timber. 



The young man with the sliver in his foot was told to rest himself 

 easy, \yhile his comrades went about gathering sticks of wood and 

 started a good fire near him. Since it was quite late, these young men 

 set themselves to work cutting the willows, peeling old bark from the 

 trees, breaking tall weeds and piling it closely. With these things, they 

 erected a big, rough looking shelter for the comfort of the distressed 

 comrade. This shelter-tipi was well woven or thatched with grass 

 and the bark of trees, which made the interior warm and comfortable. 

 Besides, these young men had spread grass inside as bedding 

 and there was a big pile of good and dry firewood. This distressed 

 comrade was being waited upon kindly and words of cheer were poured 

 out by the others. Nevertheless, during the enjoyable evening this 

 young man was in agony and was restless during the night. .His splin- 

 tered foot was then much swollen, and had become quite sensitive. This 

 young man, when somebody spoke loudly or anything happened to 

 cause a noise, would almost cry, but had a little rest that night. Of 

 course, the party had feasted on some game. 



Early in the morning, after they had feasted again on game, the 

 oldest one said to the distressed comrade, "Well, friend, I want you to 

 stay here and be careful of your foot. It will get better soon. 

 We will gather and bring wood, so that you can reach it. Also, 

 here is the food, already roasted for your lunches at noon. Now we 

 want you to remain here while we go out after some game. We shall 

 endeavor to kill the fattest and bring the intestines along for you. 



