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saw him putting away the roasted intestines, he remarked, "I guess 

 I had, better put these away for noon lunches and save the beef, too.'' 

 He had them prepared nicely with plenty of juice, and cut a small piece 

 at a time and gave to the girl to suck, for her strength. This little 

 daughter was very quiet when the others were at home. She relished 

 the white intestines, sucking the juice from them. This young man, 

 while his daughter sucked the intestines, worked diligently on the buck- 

 skin, making a pair of moccasins and a beautifully fringed buckskin 

 dress, and other wearing apparel. The daughter grew up rapidly, and 

 would make an effort to speak, but her father would tell her to hold 

 en for a while. "Here, dear daughter, take this and suck it well. 

 Don't you ever cry. We are all right, so go to sleep, if you will," said 

 he, stirring around inside. 



In the evening these young men returned home, each bringing 

 quite a heavy load of fresh beef, together with intestines. "Well, how 

 is my dear friend by this time?" said the leader, in a friendly voice, as 

 he dragged in his beef. "Oh, well, I am still getting better, my foot is 

 doing first rate. The abscess is going down very fast and I am sure I 

 shall be out in the course of time," said the sick young man. "Good ! 

 Good ! 'I am glad to hear your cheerful voice. I do hope your foot 

 will heal quickly," said the leader, winking his eyes and spitting on 

 the ground. The others didn't gather much wood this time, for they 

 were glad to hear tfie cheerful tone of the sick man. In fact, they 

 all had good feelings that night. Each one without a single complaint 

 roasted a good fat piece of beef, while this sick man was busy on the 

 intestines. Since he was quite hungry, he ate the tripe, kidneys, and 

 liver raw, but roasted the white intestines slowly. While he was doing 

 that, he kept his eyes on the cover behind his bed, to see that the little 

 girl did not expose her hands and that she kept the piece of intestine in 

 her mouth. "Say, young man, what are you looking for? Whatever you 

 may want to leave by me leave it at some other place, next time. I do 

 hate to be annoyed at this time," said he, in a resting position. (This 

 was done to keep the other man from finding the hidden daughter. ) 



The men had a very nice supper again. Whatever they had al- 

 ready sliced was hung up to dry, and when dry, was put away col- 

 lectively in a bundle. After they had told each other the kind of a time 

 they had had, all retired early. 



In the morning they rose early. Each one stirred around and 

 roasted the beef to suit himself. This sick man then ate the fat piece 

 and cited his bad luck (that is, that he would have been killing the an- 

 imals like the rest except for the swollen foot). "Well, dear friend, 



