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spoke the young woman. He did as she had said. He took out 

 the heart and gave it to her. Then she waved it over the body of 

 the eldest one four times. Then the eldest brother came back to 

 life. He rubbed his eyes just as though he were waking from sleep. 

 Then she went to the second one, and the second brother came back 

 to life, as his eldest brother had done before; and so with all the 

 others. 



When they had all come back to life, the youngest one said, " Xow 

 go down to our camp an<4 bring your wives here." So the nine men 

 went to their camp, and the wives were very glad to see them come 

 back. 



On the following day they started for the grizzly-bear village. 

 The youngest brother had married White-Bear Woman, and he 

 divided among his brothers the bears which he had killed. After 

 they had dried the meat and the grizzly-bear skins, they were ready 

 to move, and on the following day they packed all their belongings 

 to go home. They started and went right to their home. 



When they reached their own home safely, the eldest brother 

 invited all his people, and told them their story — how they had met 

 dangers at the village of the grizzly bear, and how their youngest 

 brother had delivered them from the hands of the cruel animals that 

 had destroyed them, and how this youngest brother had married 

 the beautiful woman who had helped him from the hands of those 

 who had deceived them. Then the youngest brother brought down 

 his beautiful wife to his own house. 



The young woman always followed him wherever he went, and 

 the young man was successful in everything he did, on account of the 

 help of the Bear Woman. He killed the strongest animals of all 

 kinds, for his two dogs were stronger than any kind of animal. 



Once upon a time this young man who had married the White- 

 Bear Woman heard of a shaman woman who was killing all the 

 hunters who passed her den. Therefore he set out with his wife 

 to visit her. When they reached the cave in which the supernatural 

 woman lived, she came out and invited them to visit her den; and 

 when they went in, she made them sit on one side of her fire on a 

 broad board. As soon as the young people were seated, they saw a 

 number of dead people hanging on poles in the corners of the house. 

 Then the supernatural woman said, "I shall have your wife for nry 

 dinner today, and tomorrow I shall eat you." The young man 

 replied, "I shall have your head, and I shall put it on a long pole. I 

 shall feed your flesh to my two dogs." With this he threw his two 

 dogs on the ground, and his wife said, "Grow up quickly, Eed, and 

 you, Spots!" Then the two dogs shook their bodies and grew up 

 to be large dogs. Then the young man said, "Attack her and bite 

 her neck and eat her flesh ! " The two dogs rushed at her so quickly 



