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we are going out for more buffalo meat. I wish you would be content 

 at home Be careful with yourself, not to hurt your foot again. I do 

 hope that all may be well hereafter," said the leader. "All right, I 

 shall remain peaceably and try to prepare some things. I am sorry 

 that I cannot do much." said the sick man with his head in limp shape. 

 So the young men started off in various directions, while the sick young 

 man went after the beef to slice, and said that he would attend to the 

 hides later on. 



Shortly after the men had gone, he had his daughter fixed up for 

 pleasure out of doors. So he made a ball and a stick for the shinny 

 game. "Say, dear daughter, look here, take these and go outside and 

 enjoy yourself," said he, handing them to her. This daughter, being 

 pretty in complexion and form, fitted the buckskin dress and leggings. 

 She looked very Handsome and fascinating. "Oh, dear daughter, when 

 you see the others coming home, let me know it by saying, 'Oh, father, 

 listen to me, my fathers are coming home with some beef,' and then 

 come in gently with your ball and stick," said he, the tone of voice in 

 perfect condition. This little daughter was playing out of doors with 

 the toys and enjoyed herself heartily until toward in the evening, when 

 she said to> her father, "Oh, father, my fathers have arrived with 

 loads," entering the shelter-tipi. When these young men had come 

 within a short distance of the shelter-tipi they saw a nice young girl 

 playing in front of the tipi. Reaching the tipi they all heard the girl's 

 remarks distinctly and at once expressed their gratitude for a daugh- 

 ter. Being .surprised, they unloaded their burdens hastily, to see 

 the pretty daughter in the shelter-tipi. After the beeves were all 

 •dragged in and the men were seated at their respective beds, this young 

 sick man said in proud voice, "You may know that the abscess was so 

 soft one day that I went out and got a thorn and pierced it. As soon 

 as I had done it, this little girl came out. I then made up my mind 

 to raise her until she was quite sensible in her ways and actions." 

 "Well, we are so glad to know it and to own a little daughter. She is 

 a beauty, and let us all take care of her," said the young men. Al- 

 though this little daughter was quite ambitious in working inside, the 

 food was being prepared by the men. She was sitting close to her 

 own father, looking to each father with intelligence and thought. After 

 having the big supper together with good feelings, they all retired. 



By this time this little daughter had grown up to be quite a 

 woman, so she had- a separate bed. During the night, Splinter- Foot 

 performed a trick, which suddenly changed this shelter-tipi into an 

 actual good and cominodious tipi. Each of the young men was sleep- 



