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a person with a cut nose. He ran at full speed between the lines. 

 After an immense number of human beings had come out into the 

 camp-circle and become victims, the person with the cut nose returned 

 and went into the butt of the snag. These human beings were chased 

 throughout the camp-circle and slaughtered for food. 



The husband, seeing what took place outside, remained in the 

 tipi, and thought of the unmerciful slaughter. After some time had 

 elapsed, he told his wife that he wished to request the people to allow 

 him some day to call for a general round-up of game, and if it was 

 satisfactory with all, to let him know soon. One day the wife went 

 to her father and stated the request openly. "You may tell your hus- 

 band that he is at liberty to do that, but let him designate the day," 

 said the father. "My father says that you can do that, but you should 

 first designate the day," said the wife. This wife was then pregnant. 

 "Well then, you may go back and tell him that I want to do the act 

 to-morrow," said he, in good spirits. He then made a bow of the 

 last rib, with four arrows, two of which were painted red and the 

 others black, while his wife went to the father to name the day. 

 "My husband says that he will be on the ground to-morrow, at a con- 

 venient place," said she. "All right. Then' we shall witness the occa- 

 sion," said the father, who had just eaten his meal of human flesh. 



The husband instructed his wife to make a nice, delicious pemmi- 

 can out of his brother-in-law's flesh and have it ready soon "You 

 may all know that my son-in-law will call forth a general round-up 

 to-morrow," said the father-in-law, by announcement. This an- 

 nouncement spread among the people, and they wondered what the 

 son-in-law would do. After the wife had prepared the pemmican, 

 she gave birth to a -boy. 



The husband went out, carrying his bow with four arrows, also a 

 cake of delicious pemmican in a bladder bag. All the people got out 

 and saw him going to the black snag. Reaching the burnt snag, 

 he picked up a big stick and laid down his bow, arrows and pemmican 

 on the ground. The people from the camp were lined up ready to 

 receive the blessing and have a big slaughter again. Advancing 

 toward the snag he struck it with all his strength and might. At 

 the first stroke there came cut a person with a cut nose, running at 

 full speed toward the slaughter place. The husband, seeing that 

 great wrong was being done by this cut nose, struck the snag continu- 

 ously, and a vast number of human beings came out from the butt of the 

 snag. The person with the cut nose had returned to the burnt snag 

 and was about to enter, when the husband cried out, ''Are you the 



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