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CHILDREN'S STORIES 315 



When he reached home he put his quiver away. He sat down very 

 sad. "My husband," said his wife, "why did you not kill a deer 

 to-day? There must be something the matter with you. As long 

 as you have been going out hunting, you never have come back without 

 a deer." She placed something to eat, and he sat down to eat. 

 He put something into his mouth two or three times and got up. 

 "My wife," said he to the woman, "while I was hunting, just as T 

 was about to shoot a Deer, that Deer spoke to me and began to talk 

 to me, telling me that five days from to-day the Sim that is giving us 

 light is going to make war on me. He also told me that within five 

 daj's from to-day I must make five quivers and fill them with arrows. 

 And the Deer told me to go to the same place I saw him to-day five 

 days from to-day and that there the Sun and I wiU meet, and there 

 we will have a fight. So you also must get ready. You must also 

 have the two children ready." 



Then S^qgerepove'eng did nothing but make arrows during the 

 five days, and the night of the fourth day S^qgerepove'eng had five 

 quivers ready, filled with arrows. He said: "We shall see in the 

 morning who is the braver; we shall see who is more of a man, the 

 Sun or I." 



Before daylight the next day they got up and ate breakfast. Then 

 S^rjgerepove'eng put his war paint on. He painted his face with 

 red, his body with white in blotches. "Come on, let us go, my dear 

 ones, no matter what happens to me. My wife, if I should be injured 

 in any way or kiUed, you must take these two children that we have 

 to where their grandfather and grandmother Uve. There you may 

 live. They will take care of you." 



Then they started out and when they reached the place where the 

 Deer had spoken a tall man came out in the northeast, he also being 

 in war paint, \vith an eagle feather at the back of his head and with a 

 shining ornament on his forehead. Then they began to shoot at each 

 other from a distance. They came closer to each other in a short 

 time. As they began to get closer, they were emptying their quivers. 

 But they could not liit each other. They were getting nearer. 

 Now each had only one quiver left. But they could not hit each 

 other. They were still getting nearer. Now each had only two or 

 three arrows left. They still got nearer. Each shot his last arrow. 

 They began to have a hand-to-hand fight. There they wrestled. 

 And then S§r)gerepove'eng was thrown down. When he was thrown 

 down the Sun took out his Itnife and severed S^ijgerepove'eng's neck. 

 As soon as his neck was severed the two children left their mother 

 and ran away to their grandparents. Then the Sun took their 

 mother up to the heaven where he lives. The Sun also took 

 S^ijgerepove'eng's head with him. 



