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he shot at him. And he missed him every time, till he had shot at him with all the 
arrows, though he had a great many of them. He shot away all the arrows but one, 
which had been made sacred; and finally he shot with it. He wounded him with the 
sacred arrow; with it he wounded the bird that stood. And the bird went home- 
ward with the arrow sticking to him. And the youth went following lim, having 
thought, ‘‘Though my elder brothers prize the arrow very highly, I shall lose it.” And 
there was a very populous village. And the youth arrived there. When he reached 
there, the people recognized him. ‘The youngest of the four young men who are 
said to be brothers, has come! One of those who were indeed famous marksmen 
has come,” said they. And they went to tell it to the chief. ‘‘The youngest of the 
four young men who are said to be brothers, has come! One of those who were in- 
deed famous marksmen has come,” said they. And the head-chief said, “Bring ye 
my daughter’s husband to me.” And having gone thither for him, they returned with 
him to the chief. And the chief said, ‘‘ My daughter’s husband, you will marry this girl. 
And I will also give you a lodge.” Well, after a while, they lay down. The youth lay 
with the girl. And the youth questioned her. ‘‘ Have you not seen some kind of bird 
passing here on its way home?” said he. ‘ Yes,” said she; ‘‘ very early yesterday morn- 
ing a red bird passed by on its return, and it went with an arrow sticking to it.” And 
he said, ‘You can tell your father that, though I have taken you as my wife, I go trav- 
eling. I willcome back.” And the youth departed. She told it to her father. ‘O father, 
he has gone traveling. He has promised to return,” she said. And the youth went on, 
And there was a very large village. He arrived there. “One of the four men who 
are famous has come,” they said. And the chief heard it. This chief, too, gave him 
a daughter for a wife; and so did the chiefs of two other villages. But he left his 
wives, and continued the search for his sister and the red bird. After leaving the 
fourth village, he came to a great lake. The red bird had gone into the water of a very 
large lake. The boy went thither. And behold, his sister came in sight (¢. ¢, she 
came up out of the water). ‘O elder brother, come this way,” said she. But the youth 
continued to fear the water. As he went thither, the water separated, leaving a pas- 
sage between. And that served as an entrance. When they arrived inside, behold, 
the woman and her husband were far from being poor. They had a great abundance of 
possessions. And the youth was very glad to see his sister. And his sister too was very 
glad. His sister’s husband, too, was very glad. His sister had hung up the arrow with 
which he had wounded the red bird, who was her husband. It had been well placed in 
a horizontal position, in which it still remained. And when he had been there a little 
while, he remembered his elder brothers. Said he, ‘‘ Well, my little sister, [ wish to 
go homeward. I remember your elder brothers.” And the woman told her husband. 
“Your wife’s brother speaks of going homeward,” said she. And his sister’s husband 
made him four small boats, each one very sinall (7.¢., about six inches in length). ‘ Wife’s 
brother, you shall take those things homeward with you. Wite’s brother, when you 
desire anything, after you say, ‘Such and such goods I wish!’ put a boat into the water,” 
said he. And the young man went homeward. Having had the small boats, he also 
took homeward his arrow with which he had wounded the red bird. When he went 
homeward, he reached at length his lodge in the last village. -And he put one boat in 
the water of a creek that was there. When he put the boat in the water, the boat was 
very full of different kinds of goods; the boat was made very large. And when he 
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