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after that and l)roug-ht in a robin,'' and he ate its meat. There was 

 nothing [else] to eat. 



. After he had been ])ringing' them in in this way for a while, one day 

 he killed a black l)ear. After he had killed all kinds of animals, he 

 killed a grizzl}^ bear. That he also brought in to this mother. 



B}^ and by he asked his mother: "Mother, why do you live here all 

 alone?" Then she said to her son: "My son, they destroyed your 

 uncles. Your sister was married. Then your uncles went to her. 

 There the}' were destro}- ed. They also came after us. I escaped from 

 them. Therefore I am very careful where I go. I am afraid to look 

 at the town." 



Then he asked his mother: ''Where is the town?" And she said to 

 him: "It lies over there." And he said: " Mother, to-morrow, I am 

 going to see it." "Don't, my child, they will kill you also." "Yet I 

 will see it." 



And next day he went down to sec his sister. With his copper bow 

 he went down to help her. He had concealed it outside from his 

 mother, they sa}^, and, when he went out, he threw away that she 

 made for him just outside and took his own. 



Now he went to the town. And he sat behind it and thought of his 

 sister. He had something round his neck. It was made of copper. 

 Then his sister came to him and he asked her questions. He asked 

 her how he treated her. And she told him that he treated her badly. 



Then he pulled off what he had round his neck and gave it to his 

 sister. "Tell him you found this for him. And, when it begins to 

 burn a little, run out from him with it and come to me again." 



Then the woman went in and said: "Here is something I found for 

 you." When he took it, lire flashed out from it, and she ran out from 

 him. Then her brother handed her his bow: "Say the same thing to 

 him and run out from him." Then she went in and she gave him the 

 copper bow. And at once she ran out. And behind her there was a 

 great noise of burning inside of the house. The whole town burned 

 the way (i. e., as rapidly as) a grouse flies away.* Not even one was 

 saved out of it. He did it on account of his uncles. 



Then he went with his sister to where his uncles had had their town. 

 And he asked his sister: "Where do my uncles' ^ bones lie? " And she 

 said: "They lie behind the burned town." Then they went there and 

 put their bones together. And, after he had spit medicine upon them 

 four times, they sat up. Then his uncles ^ settled in the empty 

 houses. 



Then he went to get his mother. Now his mother was already an 

 old woman. And he spit medicine over her, and she became j^oung. 

 Then he settled his mother down in the town. And he spit medicine 

 upon the old people they had killed, and they also became young.^ 



And he went out in the evening and came in next morning, and he 



