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set to work removing these logs, and, when she had removed enough 

 of them to enable her brother and herself to climb out, they regained 

 their freedom. Thereupon the blind brother said, " Let us go home 

 now; and in order to do this we must travel directly southward 

 from here." 



The sister, agreeing with this proposition, at once set to work 

 making preparations for the journey. In order to be able to bear 

 her brother on her back she constructed a kind of harness or carry- 

 ing-chair (ga''nigo"'^^hu'a'). When she had completed her task she 

 placed her blind brother in the " chair," and by means of the fore- 

 head strap bore it on her back. Thus burdened, she started at once 

 southward for their homy. 



Having traveled a long distance without stopping to rest, they 

 finally came to a place in which the sister saw a covey of wild 

 turkeys. She wished, mentally,- it were possible for her to secure 

 one of the birds for food for her brother and herself. The former, 

 being aware of her thought, said. " Oh, my sister ! make me a 

 bow and an arrow, and I will kill one of the wild turkeys." The 

 sister, having done as desired, brought the bow and arrow to her 

 brother, who said, " Oh, my sister'! tell me where the turkeys are 

 and turn me so that I may face them as I shoot." As soon as his 

 sister had placed him in the proper position, with one shot he killed 

 a turkey. The sister, who was delighted with their good fortune, 

 at once proceeded to dress and cook the turkey for their supper. 

 But when she told her brother that the turkey was ready to eat he 

 refused to partake of it. telling his sister that she would have to eat 

 it by herself. At this, without asking him his reason for not eating 

 his portion, she ate what she desired. Then she constructed a tem- 

 porary lodge (A'(2wo«s'A«') with boughs, strips of bark, and other 

 suitable material, in which she and her brother remained for the 

 night. 



In the morning the sister ate what remained of the turkey and then, 

 placing her brother on her back, resumed the journey toward the 

 south. They traveled the entire day. When the sun was setting they 

 again came upon a covey of turkeys, one of which they killed in the 

 same manner as they had killed one the evening before. The de- 

 voted sister, having dressed the bird carefully, boiled it by putting 

 hot stones into the water, but the young man again refused to eat 

 any portion of it. When the sister had eaten what she desired she 

 reserved what remained for breakfast. Then she made another tem- 

 porary shelter in which they retired for the night. 



Next morning after the sister had eaten her breakfast she again 

 took her brother on her back in the carrying cradle and they resumed 

 the journey southward. Nothing unusual occurred during the day. 

 When the sun was setting they again came upon a covey of wild 



