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rowful way, and then came the wife, walking abruptly up to the tipi. 

 Entering the tipi with some firewood to light the tipi, she noticed that 

 there was a guest present. "You ought to have called me sooner; I 

 didn't know that you would bring a companion to-night," said she. 

 "Be careful of what I say to you ; I want you to get much pemmican 

 and gather a supply of sausages at once ! Now go and tell this to your 

 mother, and prepare this immediately. Go and do it ! for this is my 

 only brother, my brother who disappeared," said the husband. 



The wife went to her brother-in-law to hug him and tried to kiss 

 him, but he told her to go and do what her husband commanded. In 

 a short time the pemmican and sausages were provided, and the news of 

 the return of the handsome young man spread like a fire. "Sister-in- 

 law, take the victuals and come with me ; come with good spirit," said 

 the brother-in-law. Having gone within a short distance of the pack 

 of gray wolves, black wolves and coyotes, they stopped. "Stand here 

 with these victuals," said he. Stepping backward, with a loud voice, 

 he cried, saying, "Here is your food, Gray-Wolf, and all gray wolves 

 and black wolves aind coyotes ! Take it ! Please accept my apprecia- 

 tion of your kindness and good will," said he. So the woman 

 was devoured, with the food that she prepared. This was the last of 

 her. The brother-in-law went back to his brother's tipi and liAcd there 

 the rest of his time. — D. 



Told by River- Woman. Cf. No. 86. 



88. — Badger-Woman.^ 



There was a tent standing alone. There were plenty of buffalo 

 about. A man and his wife and his younger brother lived there. The 

 man went out hunting and his younger brother wanted to go with him, 

 but the elder said: "No, do not. You are a young man. You have 

 been neat in your dress and I do not want you to bloody yourself." 

 The young man had fine clothing and the best bed that could be pro- 

 vided. When his elder brother went off, the young man went to a hill 

 at a little distance and sat down there. At noon he came back to eat. 

 His sister-in-law began to love him. "Here we are alone by ourselves. 

 I like you and want to be your friend. Tliere is nothing why you can- 

 not love me. I am beautiful, so are you. Why should we not lie to- 

 gether?" But the young man said: "No, I would not do it. I love 

 my brother too much. I pity him." Then he went back on the hill again 

 and remained sitting there. In the evening when he saw his brother 

 coming at a distance, he went back to the tent. Next morning his 



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