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cheerfully. After having' sliced all the beef properly, she hung it in- 

 side on rawhide ropes to dry. 



In the camp there was a big chief who had two beautiful daughters 

 yet unmarried. Men of all ages tried to get the girls for wives, by 

 work and by good deeds, but the father would not consent to any pro- 

 posal. The whole tribe had little grudges against the big chief for 

 keeping his daughters unmarried rather too long. So one day this 

 chief gave out notice to the people that whoever should catch a kit-fox 

 and bring it to him without it being damaged, might marry his older 

 daughter. The announcement of the chief's offer of the prize circulated 

 rapidy, and men, old and young, made and set traps among the bul- 

 rushes and swampy places. The old woman and grandchild heard 

 about the prize and paid very, little attention to it. 



One bright morning, Found-in-Grass told his grandmother that he 

 would go and set a trap in some tall grass and try his luck. ''Well, my 

 dear grandchild, what a foolish idea you have, to try to get that beauti- 

 ful girl for a wife, when you are yet scabby, your nose still running, 

 and your eyes still sore. I cannot see any prospect for you," said the 

 grandmother. "Well, I am going to try and see if I can win the 

 prize,'' said the boy. *T am ashamed of your undertaking, grandchild,'^ 

 said she, smiling with ridicule. Found-in-Grass went out and set a 

 netted trap, made out of small willows (shaped like a sweat-lodge), and 

 baited it. Then he went back to his grandmother's tipi, thinking little 

 of his netted trap. Both he and the old woman enjoyed themselves 

 with rich food, while the rest of the people suffered greatly. 



Early in the morning. Crow was out to see his own trap, but there 

 was nothing in it, so he went around to the bulrushes and swampy 

 places until he ran across a small netted trap, which had a nice red- 

 looking kit-fox in it. Looking around, to protect himself against ob- 

 servation, he took the rawhide rope from the animal and carried it oflF 

 secretly and delivered it to the chief, who was in his own tipi smoking 

 with prominent warriors. "Here is the animal that you wanted." said 

 Crow, proudly, as he entered the tipi. "Good ! Good for you !" said 

 the warriors. "Lay it there," said the father with much surpjise. 



Found-in-Grass was very late in going to his trap that morning. 

 Some time after breakfast, he went to look at his trap and found that 

 somebody had been there and had stolen the kit-fox from the trap, 

 leaving a piece of the fur on the rawhide rope. Gathering the fur or 

 hairs, he went home, somewhat vexed, and delivered them to his grand- 

 mother. "Grandmother, somebody has been to my trap and stolen the 

 kit-fox, for here are the hairs of it," said he, handing them to her. "I 



