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  he 
  drew 
  near 
  he 
  saw 
  an 
  elk 
  feeding. 
  He 
  shot 
  it. 
  Ii 
  hud 
  forked 
  horns 
  and 
  was 
  I 
  

   years 
  old. 
  Aa 
  he 
  looked 
  about, 
  he 
  saw 
  deer 
  and 
  he 
  killed 
  several. 
  He 
  dragged 
  the 
  

   carcasses 
  to 
  a 
  camping 
  place 
  and 
  started 
  back 
  to 
  his 
  family. 
  He 
  met 
  them 
  as 
  before, 
  

   the 
  stranger 
  carrying 
  the 
  youngest 
  child. 
  The 
  stranger 
  told 
  (he 
  man 
  to 
  kike 
  the 
  

   hearl 
  and 
  tongue 
  of 
  the 
  elk 
  and 
  lay 
  them 
  aside, 
  for 
  that 
  night 
  they 
  would 
  have 
  a 
  

   ceremony, 
  and 
  sins;. 
  The 
  father 
  did 
  so, 
  and 
  put 
  the 
  heart 
  ami 
  tongue 
  where 
  the 
  

   children 
  could 
  not 
  meddle 
  with 
  them. 
  After 
  sundown 
  the 
  stranger 
  bade 
  the 
  woman 
  

   go 
  and 
  get 
  water 
  and 
  cook 
  the 
  heart 
  and 
  tongue 
  of 
  the 
  dk. 
  The 
  Btranger 
  cleared 
  the 
  

   fireplace 
  and 
  look 
  a 
  seat 
  at 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  it. 
  Next 
  on 
  his 
  left 
  sat 
  the 
  father, 
  on 
  his 
  

   left 
  the 
  mother, 
  the 
  children 
  on 
  her 
  left, 
  beginning 
  with 
  the 
  eldest, 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  young- 
  

   est. 
  The 
  Btranger 
  sang 
  twenty-two 
  songs 
  and 
  taught 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  father 
  ami 
  mother. 
  

   During 
  the 
  pauses 
  between 
  the 
  songs 
  the 
  cries 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  animals 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  

   stranger 
  was 
  associated 
  could 
  he 
  heard, 
  showing 
  their 
  satisfaction 
  ar 
  the 
  progress 
  (he 
  

   Btranger 
  was 
  making. 
  They 
  sang 
  all 
  night. 
  The 
  two 
  little 
  children 
  went 
  to 
  sleep 
  

   but 
  the 
  two 
  older 
  ones 
  kept 
  awake. 
  When 
  (hey 
  were 
  through 
  singing 
  they 
  sang 
  a 
  

   song 
  by 
  which 
  to 
  go 
  out, 
  and 
  the 
  stranger 
  hade 
  (hem 
  to 
  remember 
  (his 
  song. 
  

  

  After 
  about 
  four 
  days, 
  when 
  the 
  meat 
  was 
  dried, 
  the 
  stranger 
  told 
  the 
  man 
  to 
  go 
  on 
  

   to 
  a 
  creek 
  that 
  ran 
  through 
  ravines 
  where 
  then' 
  wen- 
  ureal 
  elms 
  ami 
  knells 
  with 
  slumps, 
  

   and 
  see 
  if 
  there 
  were 
  any 
  animals 
  there. 
  The 
  man 
  went 
  as 
  directed 
  and 
  peering 
  

   round 
  from 
  behind 
  a 
  slump 
  he 
  saw 
  a 
  buffalo 
  cow. 
  Drawing 
  his 
  bow, 
  he 
  shot 
  ii 
  through 
  

   the 
  heart. 
  It 
  was 
  about 
  4 
  years 
  old. 
  The 
  man 
  was 
  greatly 
  astonished 
  a1 
  the 
  sight 
  

   of 
  the 
  animal, 
  as 
  he 
  had 
  never 
  known 
  buffalo 
  in 
  that 
  vicinity. 
  He 
  saw 
  several 
  

   deer 
  and 
  killed 
  them. 
  lie 
  dragged 
  the 
  carcasses 
  in 
  a 
  camping 
  place 
  and 
  started 
  hack 
  

   to 
  his 
  family. 
  On 
  l 
  he 
  way 
  he 
  met 
  them. 
  The 
  stranger 
  was 
  carrying 
  the 
  youngest 
  

   child. 
  "What 
  have 
  you 
  killed?" 
  he 
  asked. 
  The 
  man 
  told 
  of 
  the 
  buffalo. 
  The 
  

   stranger 
  bade 
  the 
  man 
  take 
  the 
  heart 
  and 
  tongue 
  and 
  put 
  them 
  aside. 
  When 
  they 
  

   reached 
  camp 
  and 
  the 
  sun 
  was 
  down, 
  the 
  stranger 
  told 
  the 
  woman 
  to 
  go 
  for 
  water 
  and 
  

   to 
  cook 
  the 
  heart 
  and 
  tongue 
  of 
  the 
  buffalo. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  heart 
  and 
  tongue 
  were 
  cooked 
  the 
  Btranger 
  took 
  his 
  seal 
  at 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  

   of 
  the 
  fireplace; 
  the 
  father 
  sat 
  at 
  his 
  left, 
  the 
  mother 
  at 
  the 
  father's 
  left, 
  at 
  her 
  left 
  the 
  

   children, 
  from 
  the 
  eldest 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  youngest. 
  They 
  ate 
  of 
  the 
  heart 
  and 
  tongue. 
  

   That 
  night 
  they 
  sang 
  other 
  somjs. 
  All 
  night 
  they 
  sang. 
  The 
  little 
  children 
  fell 
  

   asleep: 
  the 
  two 
  older 
  boys 
  joined 
  in 
  the 
  singing. 
  Between 
  the 
  songs 
  the 
  cries 
  of 
  the 
  

   animals 
  were 
  again 
  heard. 
  At 
  the 
  end 
  they 
  sang 
  the 
  song 
  to 
  accompany 
  their 
  going 
  

   out. 
  The 
  stranger 
  told 
  the 
  father 
  and 
  mother 
  never 
  to 
  forget 
  to 
  sing 
  that 
  song 
  before 
  

   going 
  out. 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  day, 
  as 
  usual, 
  the 
  stranger 
  rose 
  early, 
  procured 
  water, 
  gave 
  them 
  all 
  to 
  

   drink 
  and 
  then 
  combed 
  the 
  children's 
  hair 
  and 
  washed 
  them. 
  By 
  this 
  time 
  the 
  

   stranger 
  had 
  won 
  the 
  confidence 
  and 
  the 
  affection 
  of 
  the 
  children 
  but 
  the 
  father 
  was 
  

   getting 
  anxious. 
  lie 
  was 
  puzzled 
  by 
  the 
  stranger's 
  behavior 
  and 
  he 
  and 
  his 
  wife 
  

   talked 
  together 
  and 
  wondered 
  about 
  the 
  man. 
  They 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  conclusion 
  that 
  he 
  

   must 
  lie 
  thinking 
  of 
  his 
  own 
  children 
  and 
  that 
  was 
  why 
  he 
  was 
  so 
  attentive 
  to 
  their 
  

   little 
  ones. 
  He 
  had 
  already 
  brought 
  them 
  great 
  good 
  fortune 
  in 
  hunting, 
  and 
  they 
  

   not. 
  only 
  wanted 
  to 
  show- 
  gratitude 
  and 
  appreciation 
  for 
  what 
  he 
  had 
  done, 
  but 
  they 
  

   wanted 
  to 
  test 
  him, 
  to 
  see 
  if 
  he 
  was 
  really 
  human. 
  They 
  had 
  not 
  much 
  to 
  offer 
  him, 
  

   as 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  well 
  provided 
  for 
  when 
  the 
  stranger 
  became 
  their 
  guest, 
  but 
  thej 
  

   determined 
  to 
  offer 
  him 
  what 
  they 
  had. 
  So 
  they 
  said 
  to 
  him: 
  "We 
  have 
  not 
  much, 
  

   but 
  we 
  have 
  these 
  tilings," 
  showing 
  him 
  their 
  store, 
  "and 
  we 
  have 
  our 
  children. 
  

   Take 
  your 
  choice, 
  for 
  we 
  offer 
  you 
  all.'' 
  They 
  felt 
  sure 
  he 
  would 
  never 
  choose 
  their 
  

   children, 
  but 
  to 
  their 
  surprise 
  he 
  ham 
  led 
  them 
  back 
  all 
  their 
  goods 
  and 
  said: 
  "Since 
  

   you 
  have 
  offered 
  them, 
  I 
  wall 
  take 
  the 
  children." 
  Then 
  the 
  stranger 
  went 
  en 
  to 
  say 
  

   to 
  the 
  couple; 
  " 
  I 
  am 
  an 
  animal, 
  and 
  have 
  been 
  sent 
  bj 
  all 
  the 
  animals 
  that 
  live 
  near 
  

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