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their belongings, which were wished for by them, might be obtaineci. 

 Finally, on the fifth day they agreed to it that on a such a daj^ they 

 were going to be killed. 



And now everybody began to fight. Then the (Kuta'miyti) people 

 were simply annihilated. And only the youngest boy escaped. 

 Tliereupon one of those, the younger (brother), began to pursue him. 

 And when he came near him, (the Kuta'miyu) went inside yon 

 thimbleberry bush. For that reason the thimbleberry bush has a 

 knot here and there, because he went inside there. Tliereupon the 

 (pursuing) younger (brother) turned back. And after he came back, 

 they looked in vain for their belongings. However, they were not 

 found anywhere in the house, because (the Kuta'miyus) simply hid 

 their things in yon sweat house. For that reason their thmgs were 

 not taken away. 



Now only their mother and the child of their elder brother were 

 left, (because) they two remained behind. And now the orphan of 

 that old woman kept on growing. And after he grew up a little he 

 habitually went outside and played outdoors. And then after he 

 grew a little bigger, then that grandmother his brought first the 

 gamblmg sticks into the house. Then the little orphan tried to play 

 the guessing game. His grandmother' usually opposed him. They 

 two then frequently played the guessing gamein spite of the fact that 

 they were alone. And then not long (afterward) she failed (to win 

 from) her orphan. In vam she would point at him in various ways; 

 nevertheless she would not hit him (even) a little. Then (after) 

 they two (had tried) for five times then his grandmother told him, 

 "Now thou (art ready) grandson; now nobody is going to wui oif 

 thee." And then in turn she took into the house the bow and arrows, 

 including the quiver. And after she came with (those things) into 

 the house that old woman said to her little grandson: "I took back 

 thy gambling sticks to the sweat house of thy fathers. After thou 

 shaft have grown bigger then I wiU instruct thee, so that thou mayest 

 (by) thyself perform various things." Thereupon the orphan began 

 to shoot first mside the house. And now as he shot (for the) first 

 (time), his arrows touched (the floor) a little (close to) the middle 

 (of the room). So, then, he kept on trying every day until his 

 arrows gradually kept on gaining (in distance). Finally, upon the 

 fifth attempt, he shot (his arrow) reachuig way across (the house). 

 Thereupon, smce this turned out to be his fifth shot, he went outside 

 and once more shot outdoors in the same way as before. His arrows 

 just reached fo the middle of the house. So, then, he habitually went 



