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The young man inquired, '• How could I live with you when it is 

 upon deer that I live? I live in a tent and can not live outside. I can 

 not live without lire. I can not live without water." The doe replied, 

 " We have pleuty of lire, water, and meat; you will never want; you 

 will live forever. Your father will never want, as there will be enough 

 deer given to him." The man consented to go with them. The doe 

 pointed to a large hill and said, " That is our home." She told him to 

 leave his deerskin mantle, snowshoes, and arrows on the ground, but 

 to keep the bow. As they were walking along they came to a big 

 valley. She informed him that tliat was their patli. The two went 

 toward tlie steep liillside and found the ground to be covered with deer. 

 Some of the deer were frightened when they saw tlie man coming, and 

 started to run. The doe's father said to the frightened deer, " Do you 

 not pity the poor Indians who have to hunt for their living while we do 

 not?" Wheu the young man and the doe came up, the father of the 

 doe addressed the young man, asking if he was hungry. The man re- 

 plied, "Yes." The father then gave him a piece of nice meat and some 

 fat. After the man had finished eating the father inquired, " Is your 

 father also hungry?" The son replied, '' Yes." 



The old buck informed the young man that they would give the son's 

 father some deer to-morrow. After the young man had slept out one 

 night nis father, in the morning, went out to look for his son, but 

 found only bis mantle, snowshoes, and arrows, which had been cast 

 aside the day before, and also found the tracks in the valley leading to 

 the home of the deer under tlie hill. The old man returned to his tent 

 and told the other Indians that his son had gone away to live with the 

 deer. The old mau then said, "Let us make snares and we will yet 

 take him, as he can not run as fast as the deer." The Indians prepared 

 a number of snare nooses and went to the valley to set them among the 

 bushes on the path. The father of the young doe saw what was going 

 on in the valley and told the rest, "Let us go and give the old mau 

 some deer." He told the young man to come with them. The man re- 

 plied that he could not accompany them, as he would be left behind in 

 no time while they were running. Tlie old buck instructed the young- 

 man to keep among the rest of the deer and he would not be left be- 

 hind them. All the deer then went out to the valley. The yoimg man 

 kept among them; and as they were going through the bushes he 

 heard the shouts of the Indians who were concealed behind them. 

 The deer saw the snares and some of the animals fell into the nooses 

 and were caught. The remainder, with the young man, were soon be- 

 yond the snares. The Indians began to kill the deer which had been 

 taken in the nooses, and when tliey had finished they found they had 

 not captured the young man. They consulted together and decided to 

 search among the tracks of the escaped deer to ascertain whether his 

 foot-prints were among them. They found his track and also the mark 

 of his bow as he had dragged it along in the snow. 



