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Early in the morning this husband went to the hills to see if his 

 brother might be in sight, while his wife got breakfast ready. He re- 

 turned much discouraged and ate little breakfast. That day he stayed 

 at home, watching eagerly for his brother's return, but there was no 

 sign of him that day until night came on. "Oh, you need not worry 

 over your brother, for he will come home some time. He is not a baby," 

 said she. "I know that he is not a baby, but I don't want him to be 

 absent from here unnecessarily ; I love him dearly, and I have told 

 you so repeatedly," said he sarcastically. "Well, neither of us can tell 

 v/hat has become of him until to-morrow," said she. 



Both retired for the night, and in the morning they ate but little 

 breakfast, talking mostly of the mysterious disappearance of the 

 brother. The wife felt sorry this day, and did nothing. Her husband 

 thought really that she did not know of his brother's disappearance, for 

 jhe was unhappy also. For days and nights, at their, lonely camp, they 

 both looked for him, but without signs of encouragement, till at last 

 they decided that some wild beast or an enemy had killed him. 



So they mourned on the hills for days and nights, and then broke 

 camp, returning to the main camp in full mourning. Whatever they 

 had secured during that time they destroyed, and they were left desti- 

 tute on account of the lost brother. On their arrival the people won- 

 dered at their f)Oor appearance. The hair of both was cut off, their 

 wearing apparel was partly destroyed, they had bruised their bodies, 

 and they bore other signs of mourning. It was told by them that the 

 handsome young man had disappeared mysteriously, and the whole 

 tribe wept over the loss. 



For days and nights the husband was seen on the hills, weeping 

 because of his brother, while his wife, who had cut her hair off, en- 

 joyed herself. When her husband returned home, she gave him some- 

 thing to eat and comforted him. "Cease crying, for your brother will 

 never return. It is better that he should disappear from us mysteriously 

 than that he should die before our eyes," said she. One night, when 

 there was no moon in sight, the husband was out mourning. 



Immediately after these two people went back to the main 

 ■camp-circle, a gray wolf had appeared at their old camp-ground. 

 Gray-Wolf, looking for some scraps of food, heard a strange cry 

 underground ; he listened attentively, when he heard the cry of a 

 "human being. The cry being so intense, it caused him to have com- 

 passion on the creature below in the ground. So Gray- Wolf walked 

 ofif and cried out at four places, like an old man. for all the wolves and 

 coyotes to come. "Come ! All you gray wolves, black wolves and 



