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continually show. We wiU never give up (the chase). No matter 

 how far he may go, we will nevertheless keep on followmg him." 

 Thereupon his elder brother said to him: "I do not wish that he 

 should go far. I am going to let the dog loose on him." Then, verily, 

 the dog was unleashed, (and) the dog was gomg to chase the elk. 

 However, the dog did not go anpvhere; the dog just followed his' 

 master here and there. Then his younger brother said: ''Never 

 (before) did the dog act thus. The dog does not act right." No 

 matter how far the two dogs would go, they two invariably came back 

 there. 



(Then) not long (afterward) it was about to get dark. The sun 

 was gomg west. And the tracks of the elk (began to appear) very 

 fresh. Thereupon their (dual) elder brother kept on saying, "We 

 are going to camp here now." So they camped. Then their (dual) 

 elder brother kept on saying, "Even if he should go far, we will never- 

 theless not give up (the chase)." Tlien their (dual) younger brother 

 kept on saying: "Never (before) did the dog act thus. The two 

 dogs seemed to be scared. Never (before), for a long time, did the 

 dogs act thus. It must be a very fat elk. For that reason are they 

 two showmg (their tracks), although the ground is hard." Then 

 they camped. "Although he may go far, we wiU nevertheless not 

 give up (the chase)." And then daylight appeared aU over. So 

 after daylight appeared, they began to bathe. And then their (dual) 

 elder brother kept on saymg, "The dog wiU track him on this day." 

 Thereupon they started. And now they found where the elk (had) 

 his sleeping place; (it was) just fresh. Then the younger brother 

 spoke, "The dog shall be sent (after him)." Then, 'verily, it was 

 done thus. Then they stayed there quite a while, so that they might 

 listen from there to the (barkmg of) the dog. However, (it was) 

 not long before the dog came back. So their (dual) younger brother 

 said there, "The dog never acted thus (before)." Then they began 

 to track the elk. (The tracks) were just fresh. "No matter how 

 far he may go, we wiU never give up (the chase). It is a very large 

 elk; it must just be a very fat elk, since (his tracks) show all the 

 time, although the ground is hard." 



And now they began to climb up on a mountam. Then they kept 

 on foUowmg (the elks), and they (had to) go over that mountam. 

 So they went down agam on that mountam. Wherever those two 

 (elks) went down, (their hoofs) would just tear up the ground. Then 

 their (dual) elder brother spoke: "We wiU never give up (the chase). 

 I want to kiU him." x4jid then the tracks of the elks began to get 

 fresher. So (pretty soon) they saw two elks just climbmg up. 

 Thereupon their (dual) younger brother kept on saying, "Now we 

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