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owners of moon-shells there, behind this tipi, in their own's father's 

 lodge. These owners of shells, with their fathers, take children to 

 water (spring), to give them drink. When these two girls, with the 

 children, go to the spring, their father goes behind. You may watch 

 the girls, children and the father, when you get to the camp. When 

 they go to the spring to give drink to the children, go over and wait 

 until they come." 



When the girls saw the boys standing at the spring, they stopped, 

 laughing at them. When the father saw the boys, he said, "Give drink 

 to them first, daughters. They are my sons-in-law." So the girls did, 

 and gave drink to the children afterwards. The boys went along to 

 camp as husbands, and were taken into the tipi, already up. Time 

 passed on, the boys making themselves useful to their father-in-law 

 and others. 



The folks at home heard about the boys' luck and about their mar- 

 riage. The youngest brother wanted to go to his brothers to help them. 

 This boy was ugly, had a big belly and lived with his mother. "You 

 are too small and ugly for your sisters-in-law. You cannot do much 

 for them," said the mother. The boy insisted and finally persuaded 

 his mother. The little boy lived on tallow, which his mother cooked 

 for him. So the mother made fast a dragging cart of poles [travois] 

 to their dog, and loaded it with supplies. Then they went away, travel- 

 ing day and night, until they reached the camp-circle, where they were 

 received by the father-in-law and others. When the others were about 

 to eat, the boy, who arrived first, told his mother to put a stone pot 

 on the fi^re and make some tallow soup. The mother felt ashamed of 

 her boy's appearance and the food he ate, and paid no attention to 

 him, but he insisted, until she had to do it. The boy relished his tallow 

 just the same and was contented. 



One day the whole camp was attacked by an enemy. The boy felt 

 that it was now his duty to protect, and started out and fought with 

 the rest, i ne battle lasted for some time, and the two boys were the 

 first to get killed. The people began mourning and continued, day and 

 night, for they thought much of the boys. The mother would take 

 the youngest brother out to mourn (cry) and return late in the even- 

 ing. The boy did not seem to he affected. He would mock his mother 

 and get scolded. "Eh ! The sons-in-law get killed in battle. That is 

 nothing. They think they ^id a brave deed," said the boy sarcastically. 

 "You keep your mouth shut ! You are a bad boy, behaving foolishly," 

 said the mother. The boy talked and made hints about his dead 

 brothers. There was a great deal of crying over the dead, which 



