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turn. His absence was duly noted. The brother next in age said, 

 "I met hiin just this side of the Great Valley." The following 

 morning the brother next in age to Honenhineh started out on his 

 brother's trail to seek for him. He had gone along for some time 

 when he was surprised to find the tracks of his brother, which he at 

 once followed. Before long he saw ahead of him light through the 

 trees from clearings in the forest, and he found also indisputable 

 evidence that his brother had stood there. So he started forward 

 slowly and finally came to the top of a hill overlooking the Great 

 Valley, where he stood still for a moment. While standing there he 

 heard the sound of a blow struck by a war club on the opposite side 

 of the valley, and he heard the voice of a man singing, " I am indeed 

 fortunate, for on the opposite side of the valley a human being walks 

 along." After thinking a few moments, he exclaimed: "'Pshaw! 

 This is all right. There is where my elder brother is moving about 

 from place to place. Perhaps he has treed some animal or has found 

 an animal in its lair. It must be a bear, I think. So be it; I shall 

 go thither." 



In pursuance of his resolution, he resumed his brother's trail and 

 descended into the valley until he came to a bench, or terrace, where 

 he stopped for a moment. Here he was surj^rised to see pieces of 

 bark fall several times around him. Looking up into a tree near by, 

 he saw clinging to the trunk far above the ground a small flicker, 

 or yellowhammer. The bird smiled at him, exclaiming, '" He has a 

 bow in his hand just as if he could use it, for it is well known that 

 he is quite a poor marksman." At this the young man at once strung 

 his bow and shot an arrow at the bird, whereupon he was surprised. 

 to see the arrows of his brother stuck in the tree. His first shot 

 missed the bird, as did all the others. When all his arrows had been 

 shot away, stuck fast in the tree top, he broke his bow and cast it 

 away. Xow, he was greatly surprised to see the pieces of his bow 

 fall beside those of his brother's bow. While he was shooting at 

 the bird, it merely smiled and said, " It is curious that one who is a 

 poor marksman generally goes about with a bow and arrows," and it 

 was only when he had lost all his arrows that he drew aside in di.sgust 

 and destroyed his bow as a token that he did not care about what 

 had happened to him. After casting away his bow the young man 

 exclaimed : " Pshaw ! I will go on farther, for I now hear my 

 brother singing in the distance," for he heard the voice of a man 

 singing on the opposite side of the Great Valley. 



Starting on a run down into the valley, he had not gone far 



before he saw ahead of him a field. When he reached the border 



of this he stood there a moment, but seeing in the distance a lodge 



and smoke issuing from it, he exclaimed : " So be it. Let me go 



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