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you?" "The younger one," they said. He told them: "I have killed 

 my brother-in-law. Now his wife will go with him, because she helped 

 him to treat you so cruelly." Then he shot his elder sister and killed 

 her. He said : "She has gone to the same place, the best place. Our 

 father has caused me to do this because your son-in-law and your 

 daughter treated you so badly. They will be peaceable and live well 

 hereafter." After this he went hunting and brought back buffalo as 

 his brother-in-law had. until they had plenty. When he thought they 

 had enough meat, he asked : "Are these two the only tents on earth ?" 

 "No, over there," said the old man, pointing to the north, "is a large 

 camp. But, my son, ahead of us are dangerous people. There where 

 the large woods are are insane people, and there on the side of the hill 

 in the woods is their camp." It was spring and the snow was in spots 

 on the ground. They went towards the place the old man had pointed 

 out. Before they reached it the boy killed a buffalo, and while he 

 skinTied it they looked on. The old man was afraid and warned th(;m 

 to watch. His daughter said : "There are persons coming, two of 

 them." The boy, without looking up, suddenly became clotted blood 

 again, falling into the blood under the ribs of the buffalo. A whet- 

 stone that he was holding lay in the blood. The others said nothing 

 from fear of the persons who were approaching. The two came and 

 said : "What became of Clot-child ? He has given us his sister to use 

 for our pleasure." Clot-child heard it. They looked for him, stand- 

 ing not far apart. "Let this whetstone break in two." Clot-child 

 said, and threw it. It broke and struck both of them behind the ear, 

 and they fell down dead. Clot-child stood up as a man again. The old 

 man said : "What a great son I have ! He kills persons that no one 

 else dares to approach." They took the meat, and the boy said : "You 

 may go on and camp where you wish. I will go to those woods and 

 see the people there." He came to a tent tliat stood alone ; one blind 

 woman was in it. He approached, stood, and listened. The old woman 

 said: "Clot-child, where are you going?" He was surprised. "How 

 does she know it is I ?" he thought, while he held his hands over his 

 mouth in astonishment. "Why do you hold your hand over your 

 mouth?" she said. Then Clot-child went inside the tent. Human bones 

 and meat were hanging strung up. He pretended that he was hungry 

 and wanted to eat. The blind woman said : "You may have fat meat 

 from the back to eat. Cook it yourself." He asked her : "Where are 

 the others ?" She said : "They have gone out in various directions 

 gathering meat." Then he said: "Why did you stay here?" and hit 

 her. He put the fat meat over the fire. Then he laid it on the ashes. 



