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Thus have I done to acquire what you see." Then she gave a persim- 

 mon to each Deer. They tasted them, and said, ''This food is very 

 good." (?) Having seen what she had, and liaving eaten some, they said, 

 "We, too, must do so in order to eat." So they split a pine tree, and 

 stuck slivers into their nostrils, and running along they butted against 

 the tree, and so hard did they butt that they fell dead and lay there. 



Then the Old Woman after laughing a while at their folly covered 

 them up, and stood there pounding the persimmons which she had 

 dried and singing as she stood there. Then came the Wolf people and 

 said to her, "What are you saying as you stand here?" The Old 

 Woman replied, "Nothing." Then the Wolf people departed a short 

 distance and hid themselves. Again sang the Old Woman, the Wolf 

 people listening a while. Then they came again, saying, " What were 

 you saying as you stood?" "Nothing," replied she; but the Wolf 

 people could not be deceived. "You must be hiding something 

 where you stand," said they for some time. At length after searching 

 around they found the bodies of the Deer, which they seized and car- 

 ried off. 



And then the Old Woman sat there crying. By and by the Ancient 

 of Red-winged Blackbirds came, and said, "What have you suffered 

 that causes you to cry ? " She said, " They have carried off the Deer 

 from me." "If so," replied the Ancient of Red-winged Blackbirds, 

 "we will take it from them, and when we bring it back you shall eat 

 it." So they departed [all the Red- winged Blackbirds], and they 

 arrived near the place where the Wolf people were, and crept up on 

 them. When they got very close they flew, making a great whir- 

 ring. This scared the Wolf people, who ran oft', leaving the venison. 

 Then the Ancient of Red-winged Blackbirds [and his people] took the 

 venison and brought it back to the Old Woman. Therefore the red- 

 winged blackbirds make cowards of the wolves, and when these birds 

 fly up they always make a whirring sound. 



24. A Ghost Story 



A^j&' tiko'hedi' nipa atsi' ustuki' ant ka°' Ana'tci-di eyi'^'hi^ ha''' 



Person 'real (sub.) whisky bought set it up he was when Ghost (sub.) came there and 



kii''' yuke'di. Ayihixti' i'' ha''' awo' ne kiya' ku e'ya" he'tike 



drank it they were. Very much drank when another std. again gave there he did ttiat 

 for him to him 



ayihi'xti i°' e'tike yuke' ka" do'^ho^'-daha' ne'di. A^ya' tiko'he 



very much he drank so they were doing when was looking at them stood. Man real 



ya'ndi. Ekeha"' "De ya'^'xkiyo'xpa te yuke'di ha'nu"," yi'hi 



the (sub.) And then "Here they drink up for me wish they are perhaps" bethought 

 [or This] 



5 do''ho'''-daha' ne' ka°, "Kode' ya^'xkiyo'xpa te' ya'yuke'di ha'nii'' 



was looking at stood when "Now drinking it up for me wish you (pi.) are perhaps 

 them 



hi' yihi' ayine' yeke' na," kiye'tu Anatci' ya". Kiye' ha° 



that thinking you stand must be ." they said to Ghost the. Said to him and 



[ing] (masc). Mm 



