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not (have to) move for hunting and he went hunting from there. 
Sometimes when he was sent out hunting for them he was given a 
present for going around shooting squirrels. 
Now when he was nine years old in the fall when a fasting instru- 
ment was again made for him by his grandfather, it was cut off 
larger. And he again began painting himself with that fasting in- 
strument. And he again fasted continually. He frequently (fasted) 
three days, sometimes four. All winter long he fasted earnestly. 
(His food) was cooked for him exactly (as before) by his grandfather. 
In the spring he again used up that fasting instrument. When 
he painted himself for the last time in the same way, his grand- 
father used mud on his body. At night when he slept he again 
dreamed thus: ‘‘Well, my grandchild, you may eat. I bless you. 
This is how you will be. Look at me,” he was told. As he looked 
that way, it looked very terrible. It was cold. And there was 
much snow driven by the wind. Unconcernedly (the one who 
blessed him) lay down on the bare ground. When he walked around 
and around he was barefooted. ‘‘That is the extent you will not 
know if it is cold,’ he was told. And as much snow as there was 
had melted. ‘Now I am called ‘South-Wind’,”’ he was told. He 
woke up and said what he thought. ‘‘Lo, my grandfather again 
said a great truth, when he said when (my fasting instrument) was 
used up I should be blessed.”’ 
The next day his grandfather cooked corn meal for him. After he 
had eaten he began to inform him what he himself dreamed. He 
was indeed very proud. ‘‘Now, my grandchild, you have gone 
even further toward living well in the future. Sometimes there is 
much snow, it is cold. When it is cold that way for a long time the 
people are hungry. And hunters freeze (far off) somewhere. But 
you, being full of confidence, will not be afraid when it is cold,” he 
was told by his grandfather. ‘‘It is great indeed what has happened 
to you; verily you must do your best. Soon indeed you will win 
(all) for yourself, exactly when you are full-grown. This day you 
are more than nine years old,” he was told by his grandfather. 
And in the harvest time he was sent to fetch horses. He slipped 
off his horse and broke a rib on alighting. Those for whom he 
always hunted lamented him very much. Some even wept and 
brought (presents) so he might give them away if he wished to be 
doctored by anyone. There were always many who came to see 
him. His grandfather felt very sorry for him as he believed what 
he had been told by him. <A person especially endowed with super- 
natural sight saw that he was not hated by any one (and injured by 
magical practices). He merely slipped off his horse. ‘‘He will 
indeed get well, but he will be sick a long time,” he said. They 
