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"Let' us shoot them," they said to each other. Then they went close 

 to where they had seen them. "There are many of them," they said to 

 each other, "let us kill some of them and bring our father the feathers. 

 Well, let us shoot." "Very well, I will shoot at them first," said 

 Spring-child, and took an arrow. Then he told his brother Door- 

 child: "Now, get ready, we will both shoot." "All right," said Door- 

 child, and took one of his arrows to shoot them. Then they went up 

 close, and when they saw them under the sage brush they shot and 

 killed them. When they had killed them they said : "Let us go and 

 take the feathers for our father." Then they went where they had 

 killed these prairie-chickens, and took the feathers. "Let us go home," 

 they said.. Then they started home. While they were on their way the- 

 wind began to blow ; soon it began to blow harder. Then Spring-child 

 was frightened. "Come, let us run," he said to his younger brother, and 

 they ran towards the tent. Then the wind blew very strongly, and they 

 lay dow^ on the ground; still they were nearly blown away. Just as 

 they nearly reached the tent. Spring-child was lifted up by the wind 

 and blown away by the wind and lost. Only one of them got home. 

 ''Where is Spring-child ?" his parents said to Door-child after he came 

 home alone. ''Spring-child was blown away by the wind." "I told you 

 the birds were very powerful, those that are called prairie-chickens," 

 said his father. Then they mourned for Spring-child because he was 

 blown away and they could not find him even though they looked for 

 him. Thus Door-child's elder brother was lost. 



Where Spring-child came down he was found by an old woman. 

 She found him where she was cutting the tall grass. There she saw 

 his feet. "Grandmother," he said to her, "don't hurt me; I am Spring- 

 child." "How did you get here in this high grass?" the old woman 

 said to him. "The wind carried me ; that is how I got here," he said. 

 Then his grandmother took him home with her. She said: "I found 

 Spring-child in the grass. The whirlwind carried him .off." Then all 

 looked at him who had been found : he had a dirty nose, and dirty eyes 

 also. Then, after he had been living with the old woman some time, 

 he heard that one man said : "Of all the people, he who will catch a 

 porcupine shall marry my daughter." Then all went and set traps. All 

 tried to catch porcupines. Spring-child said: "Grandmother, I will 

 try to catch this porcupine." "Very well," said his grandmother to him, 

 and she helped him. After he had set his trap he went back. In the 

 morning he went out to see whether, he had caught a porcupine. Then 

 he saw the crow standing where he had set his trap ; he saw the crow 

 take a porcupine out of his trap. When he met him. Spring-child said : 



