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most of the time. When the night came on, the mother again wrapped 

 the baby as usual and placed him to sleep. Finally the parents retired, 

 lying on each side of their child. 



Some time during the night this child got out of his cradle, and 

 wandered off. Towards dawn he would come back to his cradle 

 without disturbing his parents. In the morning when the parents got 

 up they again saw their child nearly out of the cradle, but still sound 

 asleep. "Oh ! my dear child is so active and thriving. Just look at his 

 broad breast and arms," said the wife, as she at this time started the 

 fire. "Yes, Re is quite a boy now," said the husband. The young baby 

 was still asleep. Late in the day he awoke and began to cry, but closed 

 his lips tightly. After the mother had unwrapped him he moved his 

 hands and feet continually and gazed out of the top of the tipi into the 

 deep atmosphere. Early at night the mother again wrapped the child 

 comfortably and placed it to sleep. After the folks had spent some 

 time chatting and telling stories they both retired. 



After they had gone to sleep the baby got out of his cradle and 

 wandered off. Again, in the morning, they found it partly in the 

 cradle, still sound asleep. 



Before leaving their breakfast they heard across the camp-circle 

 much weeping and wondered. Another chief had died early in the 

 morning. 



Since this baby was born frequent deaths occurred at night among 

 the good classes of people. The people began to wonder at it, and 

 prayed for the discontinuance of lamentations. During the day this 

 young baby was exceedingly joyful, but closed his lips most of the time. 

 The parents began to suspect the child at this time, because he would 

 be sleeping yet, when people were stirring about. They decided to 

 watch him during the night, but somehow they could not keep awake. 



The next night the mother wrapped the baby and placed it to sleep. 

 Both the father and the mother lay on each side of their child, so as 

 to find out its strange way. For a long time they kept awake, watching 

 their child. Towards midnight they went to sleep ; and the young child, 

 hearing his parents snoring away, worked himself gradually out of 

 his cradle and wandered off. In the morning when the parents got up 

 this young baby was snoring with elevated head and mouth closed. 



WEile they were eating their breakfast, and occasionally glancing 

 at the child, the mother saw him open hfs mouth, and she saw in his 

 teeth fresE morsels of human flesh. "Say, man, turn and look at those 

 teeth with morsels of human flesh. There is the identical person who 

 kills those chiefs. The baby, though human in form, must be a mys- 



