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will stop for them on our homeward journey." Then they started out 

 again. Once more they came to a river. People were (Hving here) 

 in greater numbers. "Where are you going?" Thus they were 

 asked. '' Oh, we are challenging people (to shinny playing)." — "Very 

 well," they were told, "we will play (you) a game of shmny." So 

 then all the people assembled on the bank (of the river), where the 

 shinny game was to be played, and began to bet (with) one another. 

 Dentalia shells were bet mostly (at first). (But the travelers) again 

 put up their sister as their bet, whereupon similar (bets were made 

 by) the people from the other side (of the river). And after every- 

 thing had been agreed to they began to play shinny. For a long time 

 (the game stood) a tie. At last (the brothers) succeeded in winning 

 enough points (to give them the game). Then all stopped (playing); 

 and after all were through eating, they began to dance, at night. 

 They did not dance very long when again their sister began to suspect 

 (something). So she spoke to her brothers about it, and they stopped 

 dancing. Next morning they were again ready (to depart). "We 

 are going to leave our winnmgs (here)." — ^''All right." — "On our way 

 back we will stop for them." Finally they started out again. 



They were not traveling very long when they came to another 

 river. They were ferried across. "Where are you going?" Thus 

 they were asked after they arrived on the other side. "Oh, we are 

 challenging people." — "What kind of games do you like (most)?" — 

 "Oh, any kind." — "All right, let us begin to play shinny." Then 

 they agreed to it at once, and the people began to bet one another. 



