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As soon as he came in, he saw a crowd of young people, who met 

 him at the door. They took away all his weapons, and some led 

 liim to one side of the chief's great fire. They made him sit on a 

 grizzly-bear skin which was spread there. Then the chief said to Ins 

 attendants, " Feed my friend with rich food!" and his attendants pre- 

 pared food and did what the chief had told them. They served him 

 with rich food, and dining the meal the young men brought his 

 weapons in. Then the chief ordered his servants to lend him a 

 blanket for the night. Then they all went to bed, and the man 

 slept soundly. 



Early the next morning a shout was heard outside. "Behold! 

 grizzly bears are coming down yonder!" Therefore the chief said, 

 "Let the hunters go and kill them for me!" The young man made 

 himself ready ami started. He went toward the grizzly bear, and 

 took Ms first quartz arrow and shot it, but his arrow broke. He took 

 another one out of his quiver; and as he tried to shoot, his bow broke. 

 He threw it away, took his spear, and when he attacked the bear the 

 point of the spear broke. Therefore the grizzly bear caught hold of 

 him and killed him right there; and the chief took him into his house, 

 cut him in two, and hung him in the corner with his elder brother. 



Then the third brother set out to search for his elder brother. He 

 took all his weapons; and when he was a little way off, he saw a large 

 fat porcupine. He clubbed it and hung it on a tree. Then he went 

 a little farther on, and there he saw a fine white she-bear and shot 

 her; and when the bear lay on the grass, the man went on and took 

 up his arrow with which he had shot the she-bear. He went to the 

 top of the mountain, as his two brothers had done before him, and 

 looked down on the other side of the mountain. There he saw the 

 large village on the other side of the mountain. He slid down on 

 his snowshoes, and soon reached the side of the first house. He went 

 around and looked through the knot-hole, and saw a beautiful young 

 woman sitting alone in the house. She saw him and smiled, and 

 invited him to come in. As soon as he was inside, the chief in the 

 next house asked the young woman, "Did any one come to you?" 

 She answered, "Yes, somebody came." Therefore the chief said, 

 "Send him to me, I will feed him with rich food." So the woman 

 sent liim to the chief's house. He went, and crowds of young men 

 met him at the door. They smiled at him and took all his weapons 

 from him, and some led Mm to one side of the house, where a grizzly- 

 bear skin had been spread out, and they made Mm sit on it. Then 

 the cMef ordered Ms attendants to feed Mm with rich food. They 

 did so; and wlule the meal was being served, the young men who 

 had taken away Ms weapons brought them back to Mm. Then the 

 cMef said to his servants, "Lend Mm a blanket for tomght." They 

 did so. 



