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The wolf went and hauled up the line, which was fall of fish, and began 

 to devour so many that soon she could scarcely move. She hauled the 

 remainder of the fish home to the tent. 



The otter was sleeping when she returned. She proceeded to clean 

 the fish and put on a large kettle full of the fish to boil for supper. 

 She then crept into bed with her husband, and the next morning she 

 was delivered of a young otter and a young wolf After the father and 

 mother had taken their breakfast the latter sat with her head hanging 

 down and seemed to be in a miserable mood. The otter inquired of the 

 wife wolf, "What is the matter with you that you sit so quietly?" The 

 wolf answered : " I wish I had some deerskins with which to make 

 clothing for the children. How nicely I should dress them ! '' The ot- 

 ter replied: "Open the door and I will show you where I get the 

 deer. " It was yet early, and the otter went away to seek the deer. 

 The otter saw a band of thirty deer, but had no gun with which to kill 

 them, so he frightened them, and as they were running away he sprang 

 at them each, and jumped through them from end to end. He killed 

 all of them in this manner and then rolled in the snow to cleanse him- 

 self. After that was done he wended his way home, and cm arriving 

 informed his wife (for it was then a little after sunset) that on the mor- 

 row she should go to bring home the deer he had killed, adding that 

 she could follow his track, and thus find them. The wife had a big 

 pot offish cooked for him when he returned, and when he had finished 

 his supper he went to bed. As soon as the wife suspected her husband 

 to be asleep she went after the deer, and by hauling four at a time she 

 soon had them all brought, and laid them before the tent. When that 

 was finished she went to bed. In the morning the otter told her to 

 get up and make a fire, as she would have to go for the carcasses of 

 the deer which he had killed the day before. The wife replied: "I 

 have already brought them all home. " The otter asked her : " How 

 could you bring them home in th'e dark 1 " The wife answered : " Look 

 out through the door if you do not believe me. " The otter looked and 

 saw the thirty deer all piled uj) before the door. He turned and looked 

 at his wife, but made no remark. The wolf asked him: "Why do you 

 look at me, so hard ? " The otter said: "I was wondering how you 

 could get them home in such a short time." The wolf said: "Come, 

 and take your breakfast, for you will have to help me skin the deer." 

 After they had finished eating their breakfast they began to skin the 

 deer, and soon had them done. The wolf told her husband to make a 

 stage or scattbld for the meat, adding that she would clean the skins. 

 The otter prepared the stage, which in a short time was completed. 

 The meat was placed on the stage and the skins hung up to dry around 

 the tent. They then went in to take their supper. Tlie wife was not 

 in a talkative mood, and soon went to bed. The next morning the 

 wolf hung her head down, and the otter seeing her again in such mood, 

 inquired what was the matter with her that she should be so quiet. 



