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inside of the lodge was lined with the tail feathers of the eagle. 
There were many people there and they ate nothing but eagles, but 
the little wolverine had to get all the food. When they entered the 
lodge, the little wolverine said, ‘I have brought my little brother,’ 
and his father said, ‘Good, bring him in.’ So Black Wolf was 
taken into the lodge and warmed and fed. Some of the family 
had that day obtained fresh buffalo meat, and they gave him some 
of it with water. They were very kind to him in every way. 
“ After a time Black Wolf said to the little wolverine: ‘ Let us 
go together to catch an eagle.’ They consulted the people in the 
lodge, who gave their permission; then they started together for 
the eagle trap. They had been there only a short time when an 
eagle came and was caught. Black Wolf said ‘Fine! Let me 
catch the next one all alone.’ Soon there came a black eagle and 
Black Wolf said, ‘Let us get him,’ but the little wolverine said, 
‘No; my father says that black eagles are very quick and must be 
let alone.’ But Black Wolf finally persuaded the little wolverine to 
help him try to catch the black eagle. As they were trying to hold 
the eagle it bit the hand of the little wolverine and it was hard 
work to get the talons out of the flesh. The little animal cried with 
pain and started home. Black Wolf was sad to think he had 
brought trouble to those who had been kind to him, so he began to 
cry in sympathy and the two went home in tears. When they 
reached the lodge, the old people asked Black Wolf what had hap- 
pened and he replied, ‘I asked him to help me catch a black eagle.’ 
The little wolverine cried still harder. Then the old people said, 
‘We told him not to catch a black eagle. Now you have gotten 
your little brother into trouble.’ They felt very badly and showed 
it so plainly that Black Wolf was greatly embarrassed. He went 
out to search for roots which might be medicinal, and he found a root 
called the ‘black medicine.’ Taking it into the lodge he said, ‘ Lit- 
tle brother, come here and I will doctor your hand.’ The little 
wolverine went to him and Black Wolf chewed the root and spit 
upon his hand and the pain stopped at once. The old people wanted 
him to get more of the root so that the man could include it among 
his medicinal herbs, so Black Wolf found some more of the herb 
and the man put it with his medicines. 
“ Black Wolf continued to live in the lodge, but after a time he 
grew lonely. One day he and the little wolverine were sitting on 
a hill, when the little wolverine asked ‘ What is the matter?’ Black 
Wolf replied ‘I am lonesome.’ His companion said, ‘I will go and 
tell my father.’ So he ran to the lodge and soon came back saying, 
‘Father says you may go back to your own people, and you had 
