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brother's absence. His wife told him that his brother had not yet re- 

 turned. He was very much worried about him. 



In the morning he went to look for his brother, but could not 

 nnd or see any fresh tracks leading off from the tipi. So he returned 

 home very sad. "He generally comes home, when he goes on the hill, 

 early, and at about the same time. When I was out of the tipi I didn't 

 see him on the hill, as I do every time," said the husband. "He must 

 have gone home or else something has Happened to him on the prairie," 

 said Badger-Wcman. The fourth time, the husband returned, looking 

 sad, having concluded that wild beasts had destroyed his brother. So 

 he mourned for him, together with his wife. When she cried very 

 bitterly, she would say under her breath, "I dropped him and buried 

 him." 



The next day they broke camp and went back to the main camp in 

 distress, showing appearances of mourning. They told the rest of the 

 family that the brother had disappeared mysteriously and that they 

 had therefore come home at once, but that there was plenty of game. 

 The family mourned for several days, also Badger- Woman, who cried 

 with her voice, saying, "I dropped him and buried him." Time passed 

 on and the sorrows gradually vanished, but still the husband would 

 go out and weep for his brother, whom he loved very dearly. 



After the brother had been covered up in the pit from seven to ten 

 days, alive, there came a gray wolf to the deserted camping place. See- 

 ing that the man was in great trouble, Wolf took pity on him and faced 

 to the four directions and howled for the rest of the wolves and co- 

 yotes to come. They all came running to this place' and at once dug 

 the man out of the pit. He was only just alive and was very thin and 

 exhausted from lying so long in the grave, and was ready to die, when 

 Gray- Wolf reached him. He went with the wolves and they furnished 

 'him the meat to give him strength again. 



After seme time had elapsed he obtained his usual strength again, 

 but he did not know where his own home. was. The gray wolves went 

 away to locate it and found it along the river. So they went with 

 him and turned him loose in the camp, to the surprise of his own rela- 

 tives. They were all glad to see him. 



He told the people the reason of his absence, and of his rescue. 

 He immediately ordered a big pemmican made, for Gray-Wolf, with 

 other wolves, had asked for it. They were waiting, sitting in a half- 

 mocn circle, at some distance from the camp. So the pemmican was 

 made. The sister-in-law (Badger- Woman) then packed it and was 

 ordered to carry it for the brother. So they both went to feed it to the 



