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be strong. Notwithstanding it was just so, they invariably killed your elder brothers. 
Do your best.” On the morrow the three arrived. ‘“ Boy,” said they, ‘“‘we have come 
to contend with you.” “Yes,” said he, “I will go to you.” And his mother said as 
follows: “Do your best, O dear youngest child! Notwithstanding it was just so, they 
invariably killed your elder brothers. Do be strong.” The boy went thither. And 
he arrived there. At length they spoke of using the swings again. ‘Use the swing 
with the good cord,” said they to the boy. ‘The other one is bad. The old cord, which 
is broken in many places, is bad,” said they. And he said as follows: “‘No, even if 
it be bad, still I will use it. It is not so, but you often say, ‘It is bad’” ‘Use the 
good one,” said they. ‘No, I will use the bad one at all events,” said the boy. And 
they went to play swinging. The boy went very well (7. e., successfully). He used 
the cord broken in many places, and the other one, who used the good cord, was killed 
by a fall. And the boy went homeward. Having reached home he said, ““O mother 
and father, again have I killed one of the men who used to kill my elder brothers.” 
“O dear youngest child! Notwithstanding it was just so, they always killed your elder 
brothers. Do be strong.” And on the morrow two arrived. “Boy,” said they, ‘we 
have come to contend with you.” ‘Yes, I will go to you,” said he. And he went 
thither the next day. When he arrived there, he said, “What shall we play?” “Let 
us run a race,” said they. And the boy took his fine feather and stuck it in his hair. 
And he went with the bad man. When they were coming back in the race, Hinqpe- 
ag¢e got back first. Having returned, he killed one of the bad men. When he reached 
home he said, “‘O mother and father, again have I killed one of those who used to kill 
my elder brothers.” “O dear youngest child! Do be strong. Notwithstanding it was 
just so, they invariably killed your elder brothers,” said the mother. On the morrow 
the boy sat waiting for the one man. And the one man did not arrive. When he 
did not arrive, the boy went thither. When he reached the lodge, behold, the one 
remaining man was not there. He departed to search for him. When he went to seek 
him, behold, he met a very beautiful woman. Hitqpe-ag¢e said as follows: ‘ Why did 
you go? You used to contend with me; but when I contend with you, why do you 
flee?” And the woman said, “Tie! I do not know at all who it was that contended 
with you. I go to take Himqpe-ag¢e for my husband.” “No, you contended with me, 
and I contend with you. Why did you flee?” said he. “Fie! It is not so at all, but 
you say it repeatedly. I go to take Hitqpe-ag¢e for my husband,” she said. ‘Why! 
I am Hitqpe-ag¢e.” ‘Fie! The one standing is he, but he should have told it.” ‘Let 
us sit down,” said the woman. He sat with her. And the woman said, ‘Lie there. I 
will hunt lice for you.” She caused him to lie with his head on her lap. And she hunted 
lice for him. And Himqpe-ag¢e was sound asleep; she put him to sleep with her hands 
When he was sound asleep, she took hold of his ears, and stretched them repeatedly 
by pulling them. And she made him become a dog, suddenly. Hi"qpe-ag¢e was a dog. 
And Hi"qpe-ag¢e was very mangy all over his body. And the man (who had assumed 
the form of a woman) went with the dog. And the bad man stuck the fine feather 
in his own hair. And they reached a very large village. ‘ Wonderful!” said the 
people, ‘“ Hitqpe-ag¢e has come. The man about whom they always teil has come.” At 
length the head-chief heard it. ‘ Bring my daughter’s husband to me,” said the head- 
chief. And he arrived there at the lodge of the chief. The chief’s daughters were two. 
And the chief caused the elder one to take the bad man for her husband. And as they 
