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of him, saying, "Oh! look at the Uttle old man kicking." But Coon 

 paid no attention to his remarks and kept on dancing. Soon he had 

 all the people applauding him because he was an expert dancer. 

 In the meantime Mo'luptsinl'sla kept on cautioning his brothers: 

 ''Do you watch the people well while they are dancing. Do not go 

 to sleep !" After Coon w^as through dancing, Grizzly Bear stepped in 

 front and began to dance. But the people did not applaud because 

 they were afraid of him. Then the chief of the Elks came out from 

 among the dancers, and the people liked his dancing and also his dress 

 and the feathers on his head. 



Toward morning the Wolves fell asleep. The guests were enjoying 

 themselves immensely because the dance was getting better, especially 

 after the chief of the Elks began to sing. He sang a song which caused 

 the Wolves to sleep soundly. As soon as daylight appeared the guests 

 made a hole in the house, through which all the children were told to 

 escape. But the older people kept on dancing. After a while all the 

 other guests went out through the hole, leaving only the chief of the Elks 

 and a few others. Among those who left was also the chief of the 

 Grizzly Bears. The Elk kept on dancing until he, too, left the house, 

 in which only the sleeping Wolves and Old Woman Buzzard remained. 



As soon as the last guest left the house. Old Woman Buzzard began 

 to shout, with the intention of waking the Wolves. The guests had 

 been gone quite a while when the Wolves woke up at last. As soon 

 as they found out what happened they rushed out after the disap- 

 pearing guests. They followed them for a long time. Finally, they 

 were beginning to catch up with them. The chief of the Elks was 

 walking behind all the other people. As soon as the Wolves overtook 

 their fleeing guests they began to shoot. They directed their shots 

 especially at Elk. But he disappeared, seemingly unhurt. Thereupon 

 the Wolves sat down in despair and said to Old Man Raven : " Do thou 

 go and see if Elk is not lying somewhere pierced by an arrow. Shouldst 

 Ihou find him, thou shalt eat his eyes out and then climb upon a tall 

 tree and shout loud." So Eaven did as the Wolves told him. He 

 soon came upon the wounded Elk and after eating his eyes out he 

 ascended a tall tree and began to shout. 



Then the Wolves came up to where Elk was lying. They cut him 

 up and divided his meat among themselves, which they were going 

 to carry home. They also offered some meat to Old Woman Buzzard. 

 But she refused to accept any other part but the hip bone. So they 

 gave her the hip bone. Then they started on their homeward jour- 

 ney. The Old Woman Buzzard was walking behind them. Soon 

 they missed her, whereupon they decided to wait for her. They 

 waited for a long time and still she did not appear. So Mo'luptsini'- 

 sla said to his brothers: "Let some one go back and see what is the 

 matter with her. She might spoil the meat." Thereupon they all 



