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'*Now, dear boy, will you go over again and ask your father what 

 I should have for my horns?" Again the boy ran back and said, "Say, 

 father, my grandfather sends me again to ask you what he ought to 

 have for his horns." Reaching for the square rawhide feather-case, he 

 pulled out two wing feathers from the shoulder, and said, 'Take these 

 and give them to him." So the boy took them and carried them over to 

 ■ Lone-Bull. "Good ! Good ! I am very much obliged to your father." 

 said Lone-Bull, moving a little. 



"Now, dear boy, will you go over again and ask your father what 

 I ought to have for my larynx ?" said Lone-Bull. The boy ran over to 

 his father and in plain voice said, "Say, father, my grandfather wants 

 to know what he should have for his larynx." The father reached for 

 his medicine bag or pouch, took out a moon-shell and said, "Take this 

 over and give it to him." This boy took it and carried it over to him. 

 "Thank you, dear grandchild, that is good," said he. ' 



"Now, dear boy, will you go over again and ask your father what 

 I should have for my intestines ?" said Lone-Bull. So this boy ran back 

 to his father and said, "Say, my dear father, I came back to ask you 

 what my grandfather should have for his intestines." The father 

 reached behind his bed and pulled out a Mexican blanket, and said, 

 "Take this over and give it to him." "Thank you, my dear boy," said^ 

 Lone-Bull. 



"Now-, my dear grandchild, I want you to go and ask your father 

 w^ha*- I ought to have for my gullet?" said he. So the boy ran to his 

 father and standing before his father, said, "Say, father, my grand- 

 father wants to Jcnow what he should have for his gullet." The father 

 reached around his willow lean-back and h.-inded the boy a straight pipe, 

 and said. "Take this over and give it to him." So the boy took the 

 straight pipe and carried it over to Lone-Bull. "Thank you, my dear 

 grandchild," said Lone-Bull, as he swallowed his saliva. 



"Now. grandchild, will you go back and ask your father what I 

 should have for my tail?" said Lone-Bull. The boy ran back to the 

 father and said. "I am here again on an errand for grandfather. What 

 shall my grandfather have for his tail?" said the boy, standing before his 

 father. The father then reached for his feather-case and took out an 

 eagle breath-feather and said, "Carry this over to him." So the boy took 

 it and held it gracefully and carried it to him. "Thank you, my dear 

 child, you are so kind to me." said Lone-Bull. 



"Now, dear child, I want you to go back to your father and ask 

 him what I should have for my small intestines?" said he. So the 

 boy ran over to his father and said, "Say ! listen, father, my grandfather 



