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will become sinew." The old man took it and it became sinew. Then 

 the boy said : "Make me four arrows. Paint two black and two red." 

 "Well, my son, you have named the best ones," said the old man. He 

 was pleased at the boy's knowledge. The man came back with meat. 

 "Brother-in-law, have you my meat\''" said the boy. "No, go away. I 

 was deceived about you once. I want nothing to do with you," said 

 the man. The boy turned away and played. The man again went hunt- 

 ing. The boy said: "Father, I will follow my brother-in-law." He 

 took his bow and arrows and tracked the man. The snow reached 

 nearly to his hips. He saw him cutting the buffalo. He went straight 

 towards him, but his brother-in-law ignored him. The boy took hold 

 of a hoof to help him skin the carcass. "Go away, I don't want you !" 

 said the man. When he opened the buffalo the boy said: "I want to 

 take out the kidney for my father to eat." "No, do not take it," said 

 the man, and threw him into the snow. Next time the boy wanted the 

 unborn calf in the buffalo. Again his brother-in-law pushed him. He 

 fell on his face in the snow. He got up, cried a little, brushed him- 

 self, stood there and thought. The man had nearly finished butcher- 

 ing. Then the boy went to take the hoofs and leavings. "Leave that ! 

 You displease me. You have been the cause that the old people have 

 lived long!" said the man, and threw him into the snow again. The 

 boy got up and brushed the snow off himself, crying a little. A 

 fourth time, while his brother-in-law was hitting the ribs with a bone 

 in order to break them, the boy went to take some. He was thrown 

 into the snow. He brushed the snow from himself. Standing behind 

 his brother-in-law, he took his bow and one arrow and shot him in ano. 

 The point stuck out under the chin, "This is your punishment," he 

 said to him. "You have killed me," said the man. "Yes, you deserve 

 it," the boy said to him. He shot him four times. Then the man was 

 dead. The boy drew out the arrows and wiped them on the dead man's 

 hair. Then he said: "I am not the cause of your death.' Our father 

 caused me to kill you because you maltreated my father and mother. 

 But you shall go to the good world." Then taking his blanket, he put 

 the meat into it. He stretched himself and became a tall young man. 

 Then he went home, taking the meat. In front of the tents, at a little 

 distance, he waited for the people to come out. They did not come. 

 So he called to his mother: "I have brought you meat!" He called in 

 a strong voice. She came out and saw that her son was different ; that 

 he was grown up and beautiful. The old man hugged him. "What a 

 fine young man I have for my son," he said. Then they took the meat 

 inside. The boy said : "Which of your daughters pitied you and helped 



