158 THE (@EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
tinually, “The sisters of the young man who lay sick, left him and have come hither.” 
All these lodges removed again. And his last sister, the smallest one, hid herself 
among the large trees. And she went back. She followed the road back to the start- 
ing-point. At length she got back in sight of the lodge. And the sister went back 
crying. And her brother was still alive. “My sister, why have you come back?” said 
he. And she said, ‘O elder brother, I have come back to ascertain if you were dead.” 
And she dwelt with him. At length he said as follows: ‘“O younger sister, comb my 
hair for me.” And his sister combed his hair. ‘Get my robe for me,” said he. And 
she got it for him. ‘TI put my fine feather yonder in the pack; get it, too, for me, O 
younger sister,” he said. And she got it for him. ‘And the moccasins too, and the 
leggings,” said he. She gotallforhim. And he put on all of his clothing, the moccasins, 
the leggings also; the fine feather, too, he stuck in his sealp-lock. And he wore the robe 
with the hair out, he drew it well around him; and he had painted his face. He said as 
follows: ‘‘O younger sister, as you have no one to talk with, I will go and seek a sister-in- 
law for you.” And there were four days. As he stood in his door, he did not go to a dis- 
tance. The evening of the fifth day arrived. And this one, her elder brother, lay down 
as he was. At length his sister said as follows, having gone outside: “O elder brother, a 
woman has come.” ‘Come back with your brother’s wife,” said he. ‘O brother’s wife, 
come to the lodge,” she said. Itwasnight. Anditwasday. Again theevening arrived. 
When it was the beginning of darkness the sister went outside. And again one had 
come. ‘O elder brother,” said she, “this woman has come.” The brother said, “Come 
back with your brother’s wife.” And he married the two. And both became pregnant. 
And they gave birth to children, both boys. And he dwelt with them very happily. 
And both of the children were very forward in learning tospeak. And their father said, 
“You and your younger brother must not fight.”. Anditwasso. They always played 
children’s games with each other. Atlength both boys fought. Both reviled each other. 
“As for you, your wother is a Buffalo-woman,” said one. ‘As for you too, your mother 
is a Corn-woman,” said the other. And when they reached home, the Buffalo-calf told 
about himself to his mother. And the other one, too, told about himself. ‘O mother, 
I heard my elder brother say that you were a Corn-woman,” said one. And the other 
said as follows: “O mother, I heard my younger brother say that you were a Buffalo- 
woman.” And at night both of the women were in a bad humor; they would not talk 
with the man. Yet, as for this Buffalo-woman, cwm ea concubuit. And it was day. 
Behold, the man was lying all alone; the women had gone away again. He sat for some 
time. At length he said as follows: ‘O sister, I will go to seek your brother’s sons.” 
And when it was day, he departed. Right ahead he went, crossing the land by the 
nearest way. At length, when it was very late in the evening, he discovered the trail. 
And he followed their trail. The mother was a Buffalo, and her son was a Buffalo-calf. 
He and his mother had gone homeward to the Buffaloes, running very swiftly. At 
length when he reached a creek along which the trees stood very thick, and when a lodge 
was in sight, the man thought, “This must be it!” And approaching it, he sat down; 
he was not in sight. At length his son came in sight. “It is the Buffalo-calf,” said 
the man. ‘My father has come,” said the Buffalo-calf. ‘Even if you had a father, 
when walking this very day you cried as you walked. Simpleton! go after him,” said 
the Buffalo-woman. And the man arrived there. She gave him a very small wooden 
bowl, in which the water barely spread over the bottom. The man sat thinking, “As 
