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tree. The man said: "I am glad you have come; I am tormented 

 here. I think you would better take me to your lodge. I will be a 

 brother to you and stay with you as long as you live." " I do not 

 think this would be well," replied the young man, " for our uncle is 

 a man-eater; but I will go home and talk with my two brothers, and 

 tomorrow I will let you know our decision." That night when the 

 old man got home he asked whether all had gotten back. " Yes." 

 they answered. Then the youngest said to his uncle: "We have 

 found a man who wants to come here to be our brother and live with 

 us. You must not touch him." The old man agreed not to injure 

 him, saying, " I will give him a name; he shall be called The-Found- 

 One."*"" They brought the man in. When he had recovered his 

 health he was a swifter runner than the old man-eater. 



One morning all started off to hunt, the three brothers and The- 

 Found-One. In the afternoon the old man came back home and 

 stayed in his part of the lodge. At night he asked, "Are you all 

 here?" One answered, "No; our eldest brother has not come." The 

 old man was astonished, and told the second brother that he must 

 start early the next morning and follow his brother's tracks. 



In the morning the second brother started on the run to look for 

 his elder brother. After a while he came to a clearing, in the middle 

 of which sat an old woman ; his brother's tracks went straight toward 

 her. He made up his mind to inquire of the woman about him. Go- 

 ing straight up to her, he asked, but she gave no answer. Then she 

 struck him and straightway he turned into bones. Now, two of the 

 brothers were gone. When night came and the uncle reached home, 

 he asked the lone brother whether all had returned. The youngest 

 said, " No," whereupon the uncle said, " You must follow them and 

 see what has happened." 



So the youngest went out the next morning, and soon reached the 

 opening or clearing, where he saw the gray-haired woman. It came 

 into his mind that she was the cause of the trouble; so taking a 

 start he ran and then jumped on her back, asking " Have you seen 

 my brothers?" Having said this, he jumped off. After trying in 

 every way to hit him, at last the woman just touched him and there- 

 upon the three brothers were gone; he, too, then becoming merely 

 bones, like the other two. 



At night when the old uncle returned he asked the fourth person, 

 The-Found-One, " Have your brothers come back? " " No," was the 

 answer. At this the old man, astonished, said, " When you rise in the 

 morning get crotched .sticks and make a platform on them; put as 

 many stones as possible on the platform, and then start in search of 

 your uncle. You can not help finding him. When you see him you 

 must shoot him in the forehead ; then he will follow in the direction 



