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Then he said, ‘Grandmother, go to him and say, ‘My grandchild has come on a 
journey and has nothing to eat, and so he has sent me to you.” So the old woman 
went and standing afar off, called, ‘* Waziya, my grandchild has come on a journey and 
has nothing to eat, and so has sent me here.” But he replied, “Bad old woman, get 
youhome; what do you mean to come here?” The old woman came home erying, and 
saying that Waziya threatened to kill some of her relations. Then the Star-born said, 
“My friend, take your strap, we will go there.” The old woman interposed with, ‘I 
have with difficulty raised my grandchild.” The grandchild replied to this by saying, 
“Grandmother is very much afraid,” and so they two went together. When they 
came to the house of Waziya they found a great deal of dried meat outside. He put 
as much on his friend as he could carry, and seut him home with it, and then he him- 
self entered the tepee of Waziya, and said to him, ‘* Waziya, why did you answer my 
grandmother as you did when I sent her?” But Waziya only looked angry. 
Hanging there was a bow of ice. ‘ Waziya, why do you keep this?” he said. 
To which he replied, ** Hands off; whoever touches that gets a broken arm.” So he 
thought, ‘I will see if my arm is broken,” and taking the ice bow he made it snap 
into pieces, and then started home. 
The next morning all the people went on the chase and killed many buffaloes. 
But, as he had done before, the Waziya went all over the field of slaughter and 
gathered up the meat and put itin his blanket. The *Star-born” that had come to 
them was cutting up a fat cow. Waziya, on his round of filling his blanket with meat, 
came and stood and said, ‘* Who cuts up this?” “1 am dressing that,” he answered. 
Waziya said, addressing himself to the young man, Fallen Star, ‘‘ From whence have 
you sprung that you act so haughtily?” ‘And whence have you sprung from Waziya 
that you act so proudly?” he retorted. Then Waziya said, ‘Fallen Star, whoever 
points his finger at me dies.” So he said to himself, +1 will point my finger at him 
and see if I die.” He did so, but it was no whit different. 
Then he on his part said, ‘* Waziya, whoever points his finger at me, his hand 
becomes paralyzed.” So Waziya thought, “I will poimt my finger and see if IT am 
paralyzed.” This he did and his forearm was rendered entirely useless. He did so 
with the other hand, and it too was destroyed even to the elbow. Then Fallen Star 
drew out his knife and cut up Waziya’s blanket, and all the buffalo meat he had 
gathered there fell out. Fallen Star called to the people, ‘‘ Henceforth kill and carry 
home.” So the people dressed this meat and carried it to their tents. 
The next morning it was reported that the blanket of Waziya, which had been 
cut to pieces, was sewed up by his wife, and he was about to shake it. He stood with 
his face toward the north and shook his blanket, and the wind blew from the north, 
and the snow fell all around about the camp so that the people were all snowed in 
and very much troubled, and they said: ‘‘ We did live in some fashion before, but a 
young man has acted so that now we are undone.” But he said, ‘* Grandmother, find 
mea fan.” So, a road being made under the snow, she went and said to the people, 
** My grandchild says he wants a fan.” ‘ Whatever he may mean by saying this?” 
they said, and gave him one. 
The snow reached up to the top of the lodges, and so he punched a hole up 
through and sat on the ridge of the lodge, and while the wind was blowing to the 
