254 THE BLACK BEAR 



form of a little boy, went to the earth and 

 was adopted by a woman who had a little 

 boy of her own. 



This family went away in the autumn to 

 hunt, and during the winter the woman's 

 son diedy The parents were much dis- 

 tressed and decided to return to the village 

 and bury the body there. So they made 

 preparation to return, and as they traveled 

 along they would each evening erect poles 

 upon which the body was placed, to pre- 

 vent the wild beasts from devouring it. 

 When the dead boy was thus hanging upon 

 the poles, the adopted child, the Bear 

 Spirit, or Sun child, would play about the 

 camp and amuse himself, and finally told 

 his adopted father he pitied him and his 

 mother for their sorrow. 



The adopted son said he could bring his 

 dead brother to life, whereupon the parents 

 expressed great surprise and desired to 

 know how that could be accomplished. 



The adopted boy then had the party has 

 ten to the village, when he said: "Get the- 



