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went out to skin it and brought in the meat and hide. The family was 

 now well supplied with fresh meat and dry meat, living happy. 



One night, when they had gone to bed, there came a voice, taking 

 a deep breath, saying, "I have brought you the gift," dropping it 

 by the door. In the morning the daughter went out and saw a fat bull 

 lying dead. The father and mother skinned the bull and took in the 

 meat and hide, which was a very good one for a robe. The next night 

 there came a voice again, taking deep breaths and saying, 'T have 

 brought you the gift," dropping it by the door. It was a fat buffalo 

 cow. The father and mother skinned it. 



The next night a voice, with deep breath, came again, saying, 

 "I have brought you another gift," dropping it by the door. It was a 

 fat buffalo steer, which the father and mother skinned for the meat 

 and hide. The next night a voice came, taking deep breaths, saying, 

 "I have brought you the burden," dropping it by the door. The father 

 and mother skinned it for the'meat and hide. 



It was a fat female antelope. The father, mother and daughter 

 were about to go to sleep, when the voice came, saying, 'T have brought 

 you another gift," dropping it by the door. It was a fat deer. The 

 next night there came a voice more distinct, saying, 'T have brought 

 you the gift," and they heard something heavy at the door. In the 

 morning the father and mother skinned it for the meat and hide. The 

 next night a voice came again, saying, 'T have brought you the bur- 

 den" ; it dropped it from its back. The father and mother skinned the 

 beef. It was a fat black antelope. The next night the voice came 

 again, saying, "I have brought you another burden," dropping it very 

 heavily. The father and mother skinned the beef. It was a black deer. 

 The parfleches were now all filled with meat and the folks were obliged 

 to leave the meat hanging on poles. The next night there came a 

 voice at the door, saying, "I have brought you the burden," dropping 

 it quite heavily. It was a female elk. The father and mother skinned it 

 for the meat ana hide. 



The father and mother became suspicious of the enormous supply 

 of beef. The next night there came a voice to the door, saying, "I have 

 brought you the burden," dropping it very heavily. 'T wonder if the 

 folks are getting fat ; they should be by this time," said the voice. 'T 

 am going to find out who this strange voice is that brings these animals 

 at night ; who can it be, anyhow ? We are living here in a lonely place, 

 and my daughter never speaks of a man when he comes," said the 

 father. So he got up and went to the door and peeped through the 

 front pin-hole to see the person, when, to his surprise, he saw a white 



