^l^^^] FICTION 133 



sajnng: "Oh! he is a man. I thought that there was something 

 great in him, for he comes of a powerful family of a great tribe in a 

 good country." 



When the husband of the eldest daughter heai'd of this present of 

 white wampum he again sent for the wampum bowl and used it 

 with such result that his devoted wife did not dare go with it to her 

 father, but went quickly to the creek, where she spent an entire day 

 in thoroughly cleansing it. 



At this time a Wildcat and a Fox came to visit the husband of 

 the youngest daughter of the chief, for they were his friends. As 

 they walked around, the V'ildcat would rub against Jlis legs and purr, 

 and talk to him. It was not long before the Fox saw the Turkey 

 Brother sitting on his couch over the bed, and said to the Wildcat, 

 "That is a fine gobbler up there. Can you get him for us? " The 

 next night the Wildcat, as the Turkey Brother's bed was near the 

 fire, crawled down the smoke-hole to a point from which it could 

 reach him. But the Turkey Brother, sitting with his eyes open, saw 

 the Wildcat, and, waiting until it got within reach, struck it on the 

 head with a club which he kept and tumbled it into the fire, in which 

 the Wildcat rolled about a number of times, with the result that it 

 got a singed coat. It got out of the fire and began to cry, " Oh ! I 

 hav^e fits." " You can not have fits here," cried the eldest sister, jump- 

 ing out of her bed and kicking it out of doors. " That is not a tur- 

 key," said the Wildcat to the Fox, " it is a wizard." 



At this time the youngest daughter of the chief said to her hus- 

 band, " Why do you not take your enchanted articles of dress from 

 that old thief?" Her husband replied: "I shall do so when the 

 proper time comes. But in the meantime, will you ask your father 

 for his bow and arrows, for I much wish to go on a hunting trip? " 

 So she went to her father with her husband's request, and her father 

 willingly gave his permission for the use of his bow and arrows, 

 saying, " Yes; he shall have them if he needs them," and his daughter 

 carried them back to her husband. 



The next day her husband went on a hunting expedition, and he 

 had the good fortune to kill a large number of deer; more, in fact, 

 than had ever been killed before in that place. He called the Wildcat 

 and the Fox and said to them, " I give you one deer from this pile." 

 So they gladly dragged the deer away and ate it. After the game 

 was brought to the chief's lodge it was distributed among the people, 

 and all had an equal share. No one was left without venison, and 

 every one wondered at the ])rowess of the hunter. 



Then the old chief notified the people that there would be a great 

 council on the following day at the lodge of public assembly. Every- 

 one else was up at the break of day, but the eldest daughter of the 

 chief and her husband slept soundly. While they were asleep the 



