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ered the old woman about to rob her of her brother's birds. She 

 thereupon ran into the wigwam, and, grasping a firebrand, went out 

 to the post, and said, "What are you doing up there, robbing me 

 of birds which I am charged for to care?" The old woman began to 

 remonstrate and to render an explanation, but the sister of Pii'skin6'u v 

 thrust the burning brand against the hips and legs of the old woman, 

 bun ling her so badly that she was glad- to slip down and escape, 

 returning homeward as rapidly as possible. 



When she reached the base of the cliff upon which her wigwam was 

 situated, she called out, " My daughters, let down the ladder that I 

 may get up to the wigwam." The girls, hearing their mother calling. 

 approached the cliff and, looking down, saw her beneath, when they 

 immediately lowered the ladder to allow her to ascend. 



When she reached the top of the rock she was very tired from the 

 journey and the difficulty under which she had traveled by reason of 

 the burns, so she entered the wigwam and immediately sat down with- 

 out uttering a word. The elder wife of Pa'skin8'u T smiled when she 

 perceived that her wicked mother had failed in her quest, and Pii'ski- 

 nB'u* said, •' Have you brought me the red birds which I wanted?" — to 

 which the old woman replied saying, " No; I did not succeed in getting 

 them for you." The old woman felt that she had been defeated in her 

 schemes and no longer attempted to detain her visitors, for she knew 

 she was powerless to harm Pii'skine'ir, so she did not oppose their 

 leaving after Pa'skiue'u' recovery, which followed soon after the old 

 woman had delivered her message. 



When P!i'skinc'u v started to return to his own wigwam, where his 

 sister dwelt, he was accompanied by his elder wife, the younger going 

 back to her father in the mountain, while the three companions went 

 each his own way to their home in the air. 



The sisters of the wife of P;i'skiue'u v returned to their encampment 

 where the ball players lived, and Pa'sking'u 1 and his wife went their 

 own way, arriving at the end of the first day's journey at a forest. 

 Here they gathered branches and leaves, upon which they lay down 

 and slept. 



Early on the following day they arose to resume their jcurney, but 

 were surprised to find that quite a clearing had been made during the 

 night, by some unaccountable means, and an abundance of food was 

 observed. After partaking of the food they set out on their journey. 

 The next night they encamped amongst the trees, as before, and on 

 the following morning again found the trees cleared away and food 

 supplied for their wants. They ate heartily, but, taking none with 

 them, they resumed their travels for the third day, in the evening of 

 which they again made beds of branches and leaves, upon which they 

 lay down and slept. 



On the morning of the fourth day they again found that some unknown 

 one had provided for their wants. After eating sufficiently, they 



