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painful sides. Every night the sides pain me so much that I have been 

 losing sleep, and for several nights," said the old woman. This young 

 man stepped lower down on her body and got upon a sharp spike and 

 suddenly died from the sting. The old woman then carried him. inside 

 and staked him out like the others. She smoked the pipe, and placed 

 the waste as before. 



After some time had elapsed, the last brother felt very lonely and 

 told his sister that he would go out to look for his brothers. "I think, 

 brother, you ought not to go and leave me alone. Surely I should not 

 be alone and all of you gone to the other camp ; besides, the others have 

 been absent for a long time," said the sister. "Well, my dear sister, 

 1 can't be here alone with you. I want to go and look for my brothers 

 at the other camp. If there is anything going on in the way of exciting 

 games I shall not stay longer than is neceissary and will induce my 

 brothers to come along home with me," said the brother. "Your 

 brothers should have returned long ago," said the sister. "But there 

 might be something going on at the camp-circle which detains them," 

 said the young man. "Well, I shall have to agree with you, brother," 

 said the sister. So he started off to look for his brothers. 



He got to a tipi by itself, and went around it. Bui the old woman, 

 who had built a fire to warm herself saw him passing. The old woman 

 called to him to stop and rest at her tipi. "Where are you going to, 

 anyhow?" said She. The young man answered that he was going on 

 a journey to the other camp to look for his brothers, who had left home 

 some time ago. *^Well, my dear grandchild, your brothers have stopped 

 here, tramped on my backbone, and then went on to the camp. The 

 people at the camp are having big games, and I suppose those boys 

 cannot very well get away from the people. So please come and do 

 me a favor. Just take a seat and rest a little while," said the old wo- 

 man. The young man did so. He then got up and tramped on the 

 old woman's backbone. The old woman felt so good that she told the 

 young man to step further down, and he did so, but got upon a sharp 

 spike, which Killed him instantly. The old woman then dragged him 

 inside and staked him like the others. (Of course the old woman 

 herself tried to make the young men tramp on her to kill them.)' She 

 then smoked her pipe and placed the waste tobacco into his eyes, mouth 

 and on the top of his breast. 



After this young man was gcne< the sister was feeling very sad 

 and lonely, so she went to a distant hill. She went Irom place to place, 

 weeping by herself. During the day she rested on the hill, and there 

 found a small round stone, which was transparent. She hid it in her 



