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Sleep ye far hence, at the trees extending beyond that place,” said she. So the little girl 
went back. And the men departed. The little girl reached the den again. And when 
she had arrived very near it again, the Bear-girl snuffed the air. “Why?” said the 
sister. “You have afresh human smell,” said the Bear-girl. ‘No, elder sister. Beware. 
Itisenough. Stop talking. It is not so,” said the younger one. Still she did not stop 
talking. ‘“O younger sister, you have a fresh human smell, I say,” said the Bear-girl. 
At length she stopped talking. And they slept. It was morning. 
The Bear-girl said, ‘Come, go. You will eat.” And the girl departed. She rolled 
up the robe and put it over her shoulders. At length the men peeped. “Your younger 
sister is coming.” said one. When the girl arrived there, they departed with her with- 
out stopping. And having gone, they crossed the creek. One pulled off his leggings, 
and carried his sister on his back. Having reached the other side, he put on his moe- 
casins as well as his leggings, and fled, going straight across the country. ‘At length, 
when it was beyond noon, the girl had not reached the den again, At length her elder 
sister followed the trail. She had come to the place where they sat kindling a fire. 
“Yes, wherever you arrive, how can you escape from me?” she said. So the men went, 
having her after them. The Grizzly-bear followed the trail. They left four peaks be- 
hind. And when they departed, leaving the fourth peak, the Grizzly-bear came in sight. 
“Oho! Your sister has come in sight. Do your best,” said they. And they went on, she 
following them. She almost overtook them. And the eldest man said, “Oho! I will 
make an attempt.” They were nearly overtaken. He made thorns, standing very thick, 
with no space between. And the Grizzly-bear got out of them, having had more than 
enough of crying on account of the thorns. When she overtook them again, she said, 
“You have made me suffer very much, so you shall surely die.” “Come, elder brother, 
I for my part will make an attempt,” said the next man. They crossed a very small 
creek. He made a dense forest, through which she could not force her way at all. 
He also made small bushes extending over a large tract of land. Therefore the Grizzly- 
bear did not reach the end of the forest for some time. At length she approached them 
again. She nearly overtook them. Again she said to them, “As you have made me 
suffer not a little, all of you shall surely die.” “Why! elder brother, I will make an 
attempt,” said a youth. He made very sharp thorns, resembling awls. They pierced 
through and through the feet. The Grizzly-bear walked, scattering the blood at every 
step. Again she overtook them. Again she said to them, “1 have said, ‘As you have 
made me suffer not a little, you all shall surely die.” ‘Oho! Do you be the one,” said 
the eldest to the fourth brother. And he made part of the ground cracked. When 
she went to jump over, the ground on each side went further apart. She went head- 
long into the chasm. And all her brothers were returning. They took their guns. 
“Your sister has made us suffer greatly. We will do just so to her,” said they. Hav- 
ing stood around her, they shot at her and killed her. The ground came together as it 
had been before it separated. 
