102 DAKOTA GRAMMAR, TEXTS, AND ETHNOGRAPAY. 
“Wonderful! my brother, that you should live here in such abundance, while I and 
my children are starving. If it please you I will come here and live with you.” The 
Badger said, * Yes;” and added, ‘So we will amuse ourselves.” And when the Gray 
Bear was starting home, he took a bundle of buffalo meat and gave to the Gray Bear 
to carry home. 
The next morning Gray Bear came with his household, and as soon as he moved 
in Mr. Badger was turned out and Gray Bear took possession of all his meat. The 
Badger lived out doors and starved. The next morning after he took possession, 
Gray Bear awoke very early in the morning and standing outside said, “You Badger 
with the stinking ears, come out, your surround is full of buffalo.” So the Badger 
took his long arrow and as he was accustomed to do shot it through the whole line of 
buffalo. But the Gray Bear took them all and did not let the Badger have one. 
This he did morning by morning, but never did the Badger bring home one; and so 
he and his children were about to die of hunger. But the youngest of Gray Bear’s 
children every morning played with a buffalo leg, and when he was tired playing he 
tossed them over to the Badgev’s tent. Thus they maintained an existence. 
One morning again Gray Bear came out and called, “You Badger with the 
stinking ears, bring out your long arrow, your surround is full of buffalo.” But the 
Badger did not go; when the Gray Bear said, “TI will crush you if you don’t come.” 
And the Badger’s wife said, Old man, in some way consider, for I and my 
children are starving to death.” To this the Badger replied, ‘¢ Yes, I will go and kill 
them all, and I will dress and bring home the fattest one, even if he kills me.” So 
he went with the Gray Bear and did as he was accustomed to do, killing them all. 
Then the Gray Bear said, +‘ You skin and carry home some of the fattest.” To this 
the Badger said * Yes,” and went to work to dress one of the fattest. When he was 
finishing that Gray Bear said, * Why don’t you dress another?” But the Badger 
would not, and said, ‘* This alone will be sufficient for my children.” 
As yet Gray Bear had not finished cutting up his meat, but when the Badger 
had tied up his meat and was about to pack it home, Gray Bear said, ‘“ You stinking- 
eared Badger, get away, you will trample in this blood.” But the Badger replied, 
“No, Lam going to carry this home.” Gray Bear ordered him away again, but the 
Badger would not go. Then Gray Bear came and pushed Badger down in the blood. 
Thus, as he fell down in the clotted blood he kissed it, and taking a piece up in his 
hand he went home crying. By the way le pulled some grass and wrapped it around 
the blood and laid it away in the back part of his tent. Then he went and brought 
stones and sticks fora sweat-house, and Artemisia or wild sage, and made a steaming. 
In the back part of the sweat-house he made a bed of the Artemisia and upon it placed 
the blood, and then he covered the lodge well on the outside. Then he took a dish of 
water and placed it within, and when the stones were well heated he rolled them in 
also and fastened the door, Then he thrust his arm alone inside and poured water 
on the stones. 
Suddenly the Badger heard some one inside sighing. He continued to pour 
water on the stones. And then some one breathing within said, “Again you have 
made me glad, and now open for me.” So he opened the door and a very beautiful 
young nan came out. Badger at once named him Blood-Clot Boy, and had him for 
his son. 
