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This came to the ears of the chief whose name had been mentioned 
by the father of the little wolverine and he sent for Black Wolf. 
When Black Wolf entered his lodge they talked together and the 
chief gave him his two daughters for wives and also gave him a 
white buffalo robe. Black Wolf said ‘Aha! I will have a fine robe 
for my father’ (meaning the father of the little wolverine). He 
then promised the robe to the father of the little wolverine, who 
heard him and called back ‘thank you.’ The chief commended him 
for this. 
“Black Wolf then went to see his natural father, who asked why 
the chief had sent for him. Black Wolf told him all the particu- 
lars and said that he had promised the white buffalo robe to his 
adoptive father. Then his natural father said, ‘Good, we all have 
plenty of robes; you had better go right up north and give it to 
him.’ 
“So Black Wolf started back to the home of his adoptive father, 
having secured the corn ball and the pipe, and he explained to 
his wife about the sage bundles and the way to step from one to 
another. When he neared the wolverine camp he began to cry 
‘Madawanus gi mawahéts, as the little wolverine had told him to 
do. He went to the lodge of his adoptive father. For quite a long 
time his father took no notice of him, but at last he said, ‘ Well, 
my son, it may be so. Come in.’ So Black Wolf went into the 
lodge. When he had entered, he took out the corn ball and pipe 
and gave them to his father. After taking them his father told 
him to go and sit down with his wife, pointing to the place where 
they were to sit. Black Wolf did as he was told. The place was 
full of black and brown wolverines who had been invited because 
he was coming. The old man told the little wolverine to bring 
food for Black Wolf and his wife. When they had finished eating 
this food, the crowd was divided into two parts, the black wolver- 
ines going to one side of the lodge and the brown to the other. 
When this had been done and all were again seated, the old man 
said, ‘Comrades, I want you to study about this. Our friend has 
again used the word madawanusgi mawahéts. See what you can 
do for him.’ He handed his unlighted pipe to the man next him, 
who sat a while in silence, studying the problem, then gave it 
up and passed the pipe to the man next him. So the pipe was _ 
passed from one to another until it came to the little wolverine. 
He let it pass him and it went around the circle and came back to 
him again. He let it pass unlighted a second time. It returned 
to his father, who started it around the circle for the third time. 
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