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of al! the plants on which the deer most like to browse and spread them 
on the floor of the sweat-house, that we may sit on them.” So they 
built the lodge as he directed, and lit the fire and heated the stones. 
While they were transferring the hot stones from the fire to the lodge 
the old man brought out the mats which they used for bedding, and 
when all the stones had been put in he hung the mats, one on top of 
another, over the doorway. This done the three men went into the 
sudatory and sat down tosweat, uttering not a word. When they had 
perspired sufficiently they came out and sat down in silence until they 
were again ready te submit themselves to the heat. In this way they 
sweated themselves four times, keeping all the time a perfect silence, 
until they emerged for the last time, when the old man directed his 
daughters to dig some soap root and make a lather. In this he bade 
his sons wash their hair and the entire surface of their bodies well. 
When they were thoroughly cleansed, he sent them out to set twelve 
stone fall traps, a task which occupied all the rest of the day. For 
each trap they buried a flat stone with its upper side on a level with 
the surface of the ground; on this they sprinkled a little earth, so 
that the rat would suspect nothing; over this they placed another 
flat stone, leaning at an angle and supported by a slender stick, to 
which were attached berries of the aromatic sumae as a bait. That 
night the young men sat up very late talking with their father, and 
did not lie down to sleep until after midnight, when, as their father 
directed, they lay side by side with their heads to the east. 
17. The elder brother arose early, stirred the embers and made a fire, 
and soon the younger awoke. As they sat by the fire warming thein- 
selves, the elder one said: “ Younger brother, I had a dream in the 
night; I dreamt I killed a buck deer.” And the younger replied: 
« Elder brother, I, too, had such a dream, but that which I killed was a 
doe.” The old man heard their words and rose, saying, ‘‘It is well, my 
children; go out and try again.” They went out to visit their traps. 
The first one they came to had fallen; they lifted the stone and found 
under it the body of a rat. So each one in turn, as they visited it was 
found to have fallen, ktlling in its fall some small animal; and they re- 
turned to the lodge with twelve little creatures for their food. Then 
the old man told them to take their bows and arrows and hant for deer. 
“ Tunt,” said he, ‘to the east, the west, and the north, if you will, but 
do not pass to the south of the lodge.” With these instructions they 
set out, each one in a different direction. The elder brother had not 
traveled far when he saw a herd of deer and shot one of the number. 
He skinned it, eut it up, took the backbone, hide, and tallow, and hung 
the rest in a tree. As he drew near the house, he saw his younger 
brother approaching from a different direction with the hide and meat 
of a doe. When they entered the hut, the old man asked which of 
the two deer was shot first. The elder brother answered: ‘1 think 
mine was, for I killed it early this morning, soon after I left the house.” 

