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lie had followed his wife aioiij^' he went in at the same place where she 

 went in. 



Then he stayed with his wife there ag'ain. They brought in all 

 kinds of things, amono- them Iklie'nkiniAn.^' And, after it began to 

 snow, they went to bed. After they had lain in bed for a long time 

 day came. He stood at the door outside and shouted "Daylight+." 

 They jumped up without the things they used for blankets. " What is 

 it da3dight from^ Is it daylight from the Iklie'nkunAnr'^" they asked 

 each other. They looked at the snow and went to bed again. After 

 he had said this twice he gave it up and went to ])ed also. 



By and by, when the snow melted, they put on their skins, and they 

 began bringing in roots. He, also, went with them. Presently one 

 called out '* People are coming,'' and they went into the house. 



Again they (his brothers) set dead falls. The posts for these dead 

 falls had figures of ground hogs upon them. They only saw the 

 shadow of the hands [setting them]. The figures were to call them. 

 One went thither and was caught. They pulled him out. The ground 

 hog looked out of the house. He almost went to it. His wife held 

 him back. 



By and by he went thither, and it fell on him. Then they brought 

 him into the house and hung him up. And after they had begun to 

 skin him and had cut his neck open they struck something hard. 

 And, when they looked, lo! it was the copper from around the neck 

 of the younger brother thc}^ had left.^* Then they told each other, 

 and they put his clothing upon him, and, after they had spit the medi- 

 cine upon him, he got up. He got up, saying: "1 must have slept a 

 long time." His elder brothers were glad to see him. And they 

 started home with him. Anew they began living in their house. 



And, after the}' had again traveled about for a while, the eldest again 

 disappeared. Next day another was gon<\ One went after him, and 

 he, too, vanished. By and 1)}" he who had medicine in his mouth was 

 the only one left. Then he took his ))OW and followed his elder 

 brothers' footprints from the side of the house. 



After he had gone up the trail for a while [he came to Avhere] a 

 feather hung. He found himself in a snare. Suddenl}' he was hung- 

 up in the air. When he got tired he ru))bed medicine upon his neck. 



Very early next day one with vertical lines of paint upon his face 

 came to him upon the trail inland. '"My snare is alwaAs lucky" [he 

 said]. Then he pulled him down. He heard him talk to the snare. 



" Do not let anything pass by you," he said to it. Then he thought: 

 '^1 wish he Avould cai'ry me face up." And he seized him by both 

 legs and cariic*! him face u|). And. when lu^ stripped under a fallen 

 tree with him, lie took hold of it. After he had tried to pull him 

 away for a while he let go. By and by he came to his house with him. 



