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to tell old man to skin bufifalo and deliver hide and beef outside tipi. He is 

 not to damage fat. Wife delivers message. Old folks, very feeble, go and skin 

 and cut up animal, carry beef to son-in-law's tipi. Wife brings in beef for 

 man to examine. Directs wife to take small muscles to old folks to eat. Son- 

 in-law again goes for game. Old man sends son to ask daughter to cut strip 

 of good fat muscle from back. They want to grease their faces. Boy goes, 

 but sister says she can not, as husband would notice it. Husband returns 

 and sends wife to tell old people that he has killed another animal, with instruc- 

 tions as before. He again sends small muscles to old folks. One moriling 

 son-in-law wounds buffalo, but cannot track animal. He returns and sends 

 wife to tell father to track animal for hide and beef. Old man follows trail 

 of herd for great distance. He turns back carrying a clot of blood he found 

 lying on snow to make blood soup. He gives it to wife to boil for soup and sends 

 son to tell sister of his failure. Old woman places bowl of blood in vessel 

 of water hung over fire. There is cry of baby. Old woman grabs vessel 

 and empties it, finding healthy looking girl. She wraps it with remnants of 

 buffalo hides and talks to it. In morning, son-in-law again goes for game. 

 Father sends Blood- Clot-Girl, now quite a girl, to ask sister for small piece of 

 d^ied tenderloin. Blood-Clot-Girl goes and delivers message in manly voice (to 

 deceive). Sister without seeing her, gives her wee bit and tells her to hide it. 

 Son-in-law sees little girl entering parents' tipi. Tells wife and says he would 

 be glad to have another wife later on. Sends wife to tell parents he has killed 

 fat buffalo and they can keep it all. Wife delivers message and says husband 

 wishes to have daughter a little while to play with. Little boy replies they can 

 keep their beef and shall not have sister. They are going to get her to other 

 camp-circle. Wife returns and husband sends wife to say he had horded 

 up beef for emergency and would be good to them thereafter. Wife goes, but 

 is' rebuked severely by boy. About midnight old folks and children leave tipi 

 and journey toward other camp-circle, seeking deliverance. 



, In morning husband sends wife with food to old folks, but she finds they 

 have gone. Old folks reach big camp-circle. They are welcomed by peo- 

 ple as family with Blood-Clot-Girl and taken to chief's tipi. There is great fam- 

 ine in camp and men go out to spy buffalo, without success. Blood-Clot-Girl 

 grows rapidly. Young boy, old woman's pet, sends grandmother to ask for 

 her in marriage. Request was granted, as mother had said daughter should 

 marry when asked for wife if they could depend on man for support. Son- 

 in-law and wtife arrive. When older sister hears of marriage of Blood-Clot-Girl 

 and young man she goes to see them. She is disgusted with ugliness of man 

 and vomits on going out of tipi. At night young man asks old woman to 

 sweep around fireplace and straighten tipi poles before she giDes to bed. Dur- 

 ing night old tipi changed into large, attractive, white tipi. Father-in-law and 

 mother-in-law invite all chief's brothers to tipi of old woman's pet and son-in- 

 law comes as guest. One morning old woman's pet sends wife to tell father 

 he is going 'to spy buffalo and people are to get their quivers ready. He goes 

 and sees vast herd of buffalo grazing. He returns and people go and spy herd, 

 but white bird flies along and aids herd to get away. When grandchild is get- 

 ting famous older sister tries to show friendship, but sister tells her to stay 

 with her husband. Old woman's pet sends wife to tell father to get up early 

 in morning, for chase of buffalo. During night he sets trap for white bird. 



