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spoke of, there are many other bears; " but Ma'asewe Anally persuaded 

 U'yuuyewe to accompany him. 



After a time Ma'asewe cried; "See, there is the house; younger 

 brother, you remain a little way back of me, and when the bear passes 

 by you aim your arrow at him." Ma'asewe appioachcd the house, and 

 when the bear discovered the boy he started after him. Just as the 

 bear was passing U'yuuyewe he shot liiiii tlirough tlie heart. Ma'asewe 

 drew his knife down the breast of the bear, and took out his heart, 

 cutting it into pieces, preserving the bits. " Now," said Ma'asewe, 

 " let us hasten and secure the plumes." 



They found many beautiful feathers. Tlieii, returning to the bear, 

 they flayed him, preserving the lower skin of the legs with the claws, 

 separate from the remainder of the skin. They filled the body with 

 grass and tied a rope around the neck and body, and Ma'asewe led the 

 way, holding one end of the rope, he drawing the bear and U'yuuyewe 

 holding the other end of the rope to steady the animal. As they ap- 

 jiroached their home they cried, ''Mother, mother, see!" Their mother, 

 hearing the cry, called, "What is it my children ! " as she advanced to 

 meet them, but when she discovered the bear she returned quickly to 

 the house, exclaiming: " Let the bear go; do not bring him here; why 

 do you bring the bad bear here?" The boys, following their mother, 

 said, " Mother, the bear is dead." 



The boys remained at home two days completing their arrows. Then 

 Ma'asewe said to his mother, " Mother, we wish to hunt for deer. Our 

 arrows are good and we must have meat." "That is good, my chil- 

 dren, but listen. Away to the south lives an eagle in a high rock. 

 She has two children. The father also lives there, and these parents 

 are very large, and they eat all the little ones they find. Ma'asewe 

 replied, "We will not go there." But he was no sooner out of his 

 mother's sight than he declared they must go to the home of the 

 eagle. After they had proceeded a little way they saw a deer, and 

 Ma'asewe drew his bow and shot him through the heart. They cut 

 the deer down the breast, drew the intestines, and, after cleansing 

 them from blood, the boys wrapped them around their necks, arms, 

 and breast, over their right shoulders, and around their waists. 

 "Now," said Ma'asewe, "we can approach the house of the eagle." 

 When the boys drew near the eagles flew to the earth. One eagle, 

 catching Ma'asewe and flying far above the house, dropped him on a 

 sharp stone ledge in fi-ontof his house. The stone was sharj), like the 

 blade of a knife, and it broke the intestines of the deer, which pro- 

 tected him from the rock, and the l)lood fell like rain. Ma'asewe lay 

 still and the eagle thought he was dead. The mate then descended 

 and caught tT'yuuyewg and, flying above her house, dropped him 

 also upon the rock. He, too, lay perfectly still, and the eagles thought 

 he was dead. "Now," said the eagles, "our childreu will be happy and 

 contented, for they have abundance of meat." In a little while these 

 birds started oft' on a long journey. 



