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will necessarily overtake (them)." Soon they came to where those 

 two elks were climbing up. ''You two shall watch (them) carefully. 

 Wlio is going to shoot at (them) first? Wiiose shootmg is very 

 accurate?" Tlien his younger brother said to him, "I will be tlie 

 one who will shoot (them)." And then they saw once more two 

 large elks in the act of climbing up; they two were simph^ verj' large. 

 So they gained (.ai the elks, both of which were very large. ''Wliat 

 shall I do with the dog?" Tiien said his elder brother, "Onl}' after 

 I shall cease shootnig at (them, shalt thou release the dog)." Then 

 they came nearer to (them). The elks were exceedingly large. 

 Tlien they came very close to (the elks). So (the elder brother) 

 kept on saying, "Pray, do you two shoot carefully (at them), after 

 I will cease shooting at (the elks). ' ' And then the elks were, indeed, 

 shot at. They two were being shot at. So all of them were shooting 

 now: ''I did not hit him straight. I missed his heart." 



Then the two dogs began to follow (the elks). They did not go 

 after (them) long, when they came upon the blood. "We will just 

 slowly keep on following." Then, verily, they did so. They did 

 not hear anythmg; the elks (seemed to have lost) much of their 

 blood. Wherever those two went by, (their hoofs) simply tore up 

 the ground everywhere. ' ' We will just slowly f( *llow (them) . (They) 

 did not go far. The dog is following (them) all the time; (the}') 

 never went far. We will not keep on going very (fast). We will 

 just follow slowly. You two Iviiow, that after (they) become tired 

 (they) will never go agaui anp\'here. For that reason we are going 

 to follow just slowly." 



Thereupon (they) kept on going to the place whence the smi 

 habitually rises. To that place (they) came. The barkmg of the 

 dog would sound just a little. "We must be coming near. The 

 barkmg of the dog sounds continually. You two shall always watch 

 carefully. I have never (before) found an elk of such a size. At 

 last I have found an elk of such a size. The dog keeps on barkmg. 

 He must have come upon the elk. The barking of the dog is coming 

 nearer. You two shall watch him carefully. Never (before) have I 

 come upon such an elk." And the barking of the dog was repeatedly 

 sounding nearer. Finally they saw the elks, two elks (were standing) 

 together. Then they sat down and began to shoot from there. 

 Now they were shooting from there. But not long (afterward) the 

 elks departed (unhurt) . Wherever those previously mentioned (elks) 

 went by, the tracks would always show, no matter how hard the ground 

 was. Not long (afterward) those (hunters) were going to be out of 

 arrows. Thereupon their (dual) elder brother said: "We will never 

 give up the chase. No matter how far (they two) may go, we- will 

 simply keep on following (them)." So they continued to go slowly. 



