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meet their father. This was the house of Chief Grouse. The two 

 children remained outside while the father went in. The children 

 saw a man, Ids wife, and Ins two children coming along toward them. 

 Then they ran in and told their parents that a stranger was co min g 

 to them, and their parents were ready to receive him. Chief Grouse 

 invited in the visitor and Ids family. They went in, and Grouse gave 

 them food until they all had had enough. TxamsEm said that he 

 would camp with them for a wlule, and Chief Grouse agreed. Early 

 the following morning Chief Grouse arose and began to make arrows 

 and darts. He made many; and on the following day Chief Grouse 

 went, and TxamsEm went also. In the evening TxamsEm came 

 home first. He had caught nothing. Late in the evening Chief 

 Grouse came home with an abundance of meat of mountain goats 

 and with fat, and his children were very glad because then- father 

 had brought them fat food — the fat of the intestines of mountain 

 goats and the fat of kidneys. 



TxamsEm's chddren were very anxious to have some of the fresh 

 meat and fat. On the following day Chief Grouse made more arrows 

 and darts. When he had finished them, he went again, leaving very 

 early. On the following morning TxamsEm also started. He followed 

 Chief Grouse secretly; and when Cluef Grouse arrived at the foot of a 

 great steep cliff, he stood there with his bow in his hand, ready to 

 shoot. He began to shoot his arrows at the cracks of the cliff, and 

 TxamsEm saw what he was doing. After Chief Grouse had shot all 

 his new arrows, he shouted four times ; and all of a sudden a bright 

 young man stood by his side, and Cluef Grouse stood stdl by the side 

 of the bright young man. Then the bright young man questioned 

 Cluef Grouse: " Whose arrows are these?" — "O dearest supernatural 

 helper! all these are your arrows." Then the bright young man 

 vanished from the sight of Cluef Grouse; and, behold! a mountain 

 goat fell from the high cliff down to the place where Grouse was 

 standing. After TxamsEm had seen this, he went away secretly. 

 Chief Grouse got four large mountain goats. He cut them up, and 

 late in the evening he came home with all the fat of the mountain 

 goats. Again his people welcomed their father gladly, because 

 he came home with much fresh meat. Cluef Grouse fed TxamsEm 

 and his family with the fresh meat and fat. 



Then TxamsEm questioned Chief Grouse: "Are you going to hunt 

 tomorrow?" — "No, I shall not go," answered Chief Grouse. "Well, " 

 said TxamsEm, "I will go niyself tomorrow early in the morning." 

 Early the next morning TxamsEm went out right to the place where 

 Chief Grouse had gone the other day, and he began to shoot his new 

 arrows. When he had finished shooting, he shouted with all his 

 might, at the foot of the high cliff. He shouted four times, and 

 immediately a bright young man stood by Ids side. He asked 



