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I did not drink water, I was very thirsty heretofore. It is very little.” He drank; but 
failed to drink all of the water. ‘A very little was insufficient for me heretofore; 
at length I have failed to drink all of the water!” thought he. And she gave him 
a bowl, which contained a piece of dried buffalo meat this size. ‘I was hungry here- 
tofore; she should have given me a larger piece,” he thought. And he failed to eat 
all of the meat. And he gave back to her the meat that remained after he had 
eaten. “It is very little food,” said the woman. And the woman having divided the 
dried meat into two parts, she bolted it down. And as it was night, all slept as they 
were. Having made a very excellent couch, they slept. At day, he turned himself 
when lying, and looked around. Behold, there was no lodge at all; he was lying in 
a very lone place. And he followed their trail as it went. When it was very late 
that evening he overtook them again. Again there was a creek; again there was a 
tent. And approaching he sat there, by the outside of the tent. And his son came 
in sight. ‘Why! my father has come,” said he. “Even if you had a father, when 
walking this very day you cried as you walked,” said the Buffalo-woman. ‘Call him 
by raising your voice.” ‘O father, come!” said the boy. And he arrived there. And 
she gave him a very small wooden bowl, in which the water barely spread over the 
bottom. And as the man understood the matter, he did not wonder. He drank; 
but failed to drink all of the water. And she gave him the bowl, which contained a 
piece of dried buffalo meat this size. And as the man understood the matter, he did 
not wonder. And again he failed to eat all of the dried meat, so he gave back to 
her the piece which remained. ‘That is a very little food,” said the Buffalo-woman. 
Having pulled off a piece of the dried meat, she swallowed it suddenly. And as 
it was night, they slept. The man had a piece of cord; and he tied the woman’s feet 
together with it. As he had not been roused when he slept on the preceding night, 
and since he wished to be roused, “‘ When she moves, she will be apt to rouse me!” 
thought the man. And they slept. At length it was day. At length, having opened 
his eyes, he was lying in a very lonely place. And he followed their trail again. He 
arrived in sight of a very large peak. At length he reached a very large stream, which 
they would have to cross. And the man leaned against a tree, and hid himself. At 
length when they walked along the stream, the man heard the Buffalo-calf and his 
mother speaking. ‘As he prizes the child, let me see if he will come to the water at 
that place,” said she. And the son and his mother went crossing the stream, he bellow- 
ing, and his mother doing so from time to time. And when he and his mother, going 
in a straight line to the water, reached the middle, behold, the man took his fine 
feather. And the man blew off the fine feather suddenly. He was the first to reach 
the other side. When he blew it off suddenly, he reached the other side without stop- 
ping. He changed himself into the feather, and the man blew himself away sud- 
denly. And hestuck to a tree. And he sat (7. ¢., remained) to see him and his mother. 
She and her son came back to the other side. They rubbed the hair dry, they rolled 
themselves on the sand. “As he prizes the child, let me see if he will come.” said 
the Buffalo-woman. And they ran homeward very swiftly, up-hill. And the man 
followed them. When he arrived in sight of the peak, behold, there was the circle of 
lodges, a large tribal circle. And approaching it, he sat on the peak. “O mother, my 
father has come,” said the Buffalo-calf. “Go thither for him,” she said. When he went 
thither for him, he did not discover him, as he had changed himself into a fine feather. 
