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take a rest." While he was resting he smoked again. As soon as he 

 smoked, the clouds came up again. Then when the clouds came up, 

 he cooled off and he started rvmning. The more he ran the more the 

 clouds came, and it started to rain again. He overtook Hawk again. 

 Hawk was crying away, thinkmg he had just one more chance to 

 make the sun come out. When Little Deer saw Hawk crying, he 

 said, "Do not cry, my friend, do not cry. You were the one who 

 wanted this bet." Away the little deer passed again. Again 

 Hawk did his business and made the sun come out. Again he over- 

 took the little deer. When he reached Little Deer, he said, "My 

 son, let us both go together from here. We will take it easy and 

 neither one win, and we will come in together and save ouir people's 

 lives. Little Deer said, "No, you looked for it, go on ahead. I can 

 not overtake j^ou. I am too tired." Hawk started crying. Little 

 Deer said to him, "Do not ciy, let's smoke together." But Hawk 

 woidd not do it. He went on ahead. Then Little Deer stayed smok- 

 ing. The more he smoked, the more clouds came out, and soon it 

 began to sprinlde. As soon as it started sprinkling. Little Deer got 

 strong again. When he started on, it was almost dinner time and he 

 was getting close to the starting place. As he got close he changed 

 himself into a boy again. When the Yellow Sand people saw him 

 coming, they started to catch the White Sand people to kiU them. 

 They were so sure it was their man coming. Wlien the little boy got 

 there, he was alone, and the man was left behind. Wliite Sand people 

 said, "We are not going to kill you. Wait till your man comes, too, 

 but we won't Idll you." By sundown the man came m. As soon as 

 he got inside the line, he dropped dead, he was so ashamed of himself. 

 At that White Sand people told YeUow Sand people they would not 

 take then lives away from them but God knew who was in the right, 

 and they would leave it to God. Just one thing WTaite Sand people 

 asked of Yellow Sand peojile, that they musC always remember and 

 not thuik less of other people because they Icnew a little more than the 

 others. After that WTiite Sand people were not disturbed by the 

 Yellow Sand people and they increased, and the Yellow Sand people 

 died off from sicloiess. 

 Gaw'ikiemu. 



12. The Sun Takes A Head «'- 



Natoai there was a man Uving with his wife. He used to go after 

 wood to bring on his back early in the morning before simrise. When 

 he got to the woods he used to chop wood and load it on his back and 

 hmry back before the sun rose. He used to bring it that way all his 

 life. Finally, one time, the sun came out while he was chopping the 

 wood, and the sun chopped off his head and took it with him. The 



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