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river he was going to see || the chief’s daughter. He took the pemmi- 
can, started, | and went to the river. He saw the girl and gave it to 
her. He said to her: | ‘Take it back home and eat it. Don’t let 
that man see it. | If your mother asks who owns this pemmican, say 
to her, | ‘The one who draws water all the time gave it to me.’”’ || 
Then the girl started back. She was the daughter of the | chief 
Golden Eagle. The youth also went back. | 
In the morning he said to his grandmother: ‘Is there no leg part 
of the skin | of a bull?’’ The old woman said: “There is none.’ 
The old man said: | ‘There is some; give it to the child.” She 
found it || and gaveit tohim. Shesaidtohim: ‘Here! It issmall.” 
Hesaid: | ‘‘ Even though it is small, give it tome.’ He made a large 
netted ring. | He worked his manitou power; and although the edge 
of the skin was small, | it became a large netted ring. He did the 
same way | as he had done with the yearling. Just as he had done 
that, he killed the bull. || Then the old man also had a blanket. 
There was a painting in the center of it. | When she had put the 
coagulated blood in the skin and put it away, | and when she 
brought it out the next day, it was tanned, | and there was a paint- 
ing in the center of the blanket. Then the grandparents and the 
etandson all had blankets. | They had much oonerar) and many || 
parfléches. | 
He said te his grandmother: “Give me pemmican. I[’ll draw 
water. | Pll eat it on my way.” | She said to her grandson: ‘You 
eat it too quickly.”’ He said to her: ‘‘I give it to the water carrier.”’ | 
Then he went to draw water. Whenhe came to the water, || the girl 
alsocame. He gave it toher. Hesaidtoher: ‘Eat it. | If your 
mother asks you who gave it to you, then | say to her, ‘That one 
gave it to me himself who goes to the river to draw water.’’’ He 
said to her: | ‘‘Don’t give any of it to the man, your | elder sister’s 
husband.”’ | . 
(e) TREE CHIEF VISITS THE TOWN OF GOLDEN EAGLE 
The people in that town were very hungry. There were no | buffa- 
loes. Tree Chief had hidden them. | He was angry at Coyote. 
Therefore he had hidden the buffaloes. | He said to the girl: ‘“To- 
morrow prepare | my seat; J’ll go to your tent.’’ The girl went 
back. || When she entered the tent, she gave the pemmican to her 
mother. | Then she ate. Her father also ate, and | she gave some to 
her elder sister, Coyote’s wife, while | Coyote lay asleep. He felt 
uneasy. He looked sideways | at hiswife. Hesaidto her: ‘Itlooks 
as though you were eating something.” || His wife did not look at 
him. Her mother said: ‘‘Who owns | this pemmican?’’ She said 
to her: ‘The one who always draws water gave it to me.’’.| Chief 
Golden Eagle thought: | “Now Ill see who owns what I eat.’’ 
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