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up robe and clothing, strews bones of animals on ground, scatters strings to 

 make it appear as though wolves had been around. At end of four days 

 mother and daughter go to see burial place and they find it in condition left 

 by father. They wrap bones and remnants of clothing in bundle and put it 

 on tree. They cry and go back to camp. In morning daughter sees man 

 dressed in white, with white bow-case and quiiver. She tells mother and 

 mother asks in sign language who he is. He says he is One-Eyed-Sioux. 

 They invite him into tipii. Mother tells daughter to cook food for him, while 

 she erects tipi outside. Girl tells One-Eyed-Sioux he will have to marry her 

 and he consents in sign language. She takes him inside as a husband. In 

 morning she sees husband has plastered eye. Plaster was shrunken on account 

 of heat of sun. She looks under plaster and notices his eye is all right. Then 

 she sees it is her father. She tells her mother. Mother at first refuses to 

 go into son-in-law's tipi. At last she goes in and sees that man ds her former 

 husband. She grabs him by hair and pulls him off bed. Lime plaster drops to 

 ground and he tries to hide it. Wife beats him, he admits who he is and asks 

 her to tell no one. — D. 



44. — NlH'A^gAN AND THE SEVEN SiSTERS. 



Seven women travel. Each night one disappears. At last the oldest 

 sister finds that a wolf has drawn them in, and kills the wolf. Her sisters re- 

 turn to life. They settle in a good country. They make a young man of wood 

 by putting clothes on him. He goes wooing, but his sisters are not satisfied 

 with the women he brings. Nih'a'^qa'' takes the young man's clothing and 

 marries a young woman intended for him. — K. 



45. — NlH'ANgA^ AND THE SEVEN SiSTERS. 



Man and wife have daughter. Another handsome girl born. Relative 

 of young man brings proposal of marriage. Both parents willing, but daughter 

 says no. Second daughter grows up and attracts attention. An aunt brings 

 proposition of marriage. Girl objects, same as sister. Same thing happens 

 with third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh daughters. Tipi now crowded 

 with daughters. Son is born to man and, wife. Grows up rapidly. 

 Young man asks his consent to marry oldest sister. He has no objections; 

 says he desires all his sisters to get married. Oldest sister will not consent. 

 Parents decide to keep only son; they tell daughters to go and support them- 

 selves. Sisters travel days and nights ; come to foot of mountain, at head of 

 creek, with timber, water and game. They find a cave, pointed above, with en- 

 trance like that of tipi. Oldest has bed in center at rear, and others accordinj? 

 to age, youngest sister being at door. One morning, oldest sister sees herd of 

 buffalo coming. She calls next younger sister. She glances at buffalo and 

 several fall dead. They skin them for their hides and meat. They bring in 

 hides and command them to be painted and quilled. Thus robes decorated 

 with porcupine quills, and bags, parfleches, lean-backs, etc., are made. Next 

 morning, oldest sister sees herd of elk ; calls sister. Moment she looks at elk 

 they fall dead on ground. All things are made as before. Each sister provides 

 herself with dress and other thiings. Same thing happens with herd of deer. 



