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grizzly bear said nothing but “Ha! h‘a! h‘al” At length he was lying killed. The 
Puma had been pierced very deep with his claws on both sides of the body, under the 
forelegs. And the young man made the Puma rush on a buffalo bull. He killed the 
buffalo bull. And again the young man said as follows: “O younger brother, hunt 
the trail of a black bear in this place.” The Puma was continually swelling up wher- 
ever he had been bitten on the body under the forelegs, in fact, all over his bod y. Yet 
the young man was repeatedly making him hunt, as if he was not satisfied. 
At length the father went again to seek the slayers, his sons. He arrived there. 
At length he arrived at the place where the grizzly bear had been killed. And his 
heart was sad. At length he arrived there whither the Puma was coming, dragging 
the black bear which he had just killed. The Puma embraced his father suddenly. 
“Ho! You ought not to tell your younger brother about the Savage animals,” said the 
father. ‘Yes, O father,” said the youth. “Do not tell your brother about even one 
of them any more,” said the father. And again did the father carry all those animals 
that were killed. And he carried them home on his back. The mother, crying bit- 
terly, embraced the Puma suddenly, when she saw his blood. The woman said to the 
young man the words which the father had said tohim. “If you see even one of them, 
do not tell your younger brother about it any more. You came very near causing me 
to suffer,” she said. And after that they sat, causing him to recover. They did not 
hunt, as they were rich in food. At length the Puma was missing, when it was very 
early in the morning. “O father, younger brother is missing,” said the young man. 
“Your younger brother has gone hunting. He will be coming back,” said the father. 
When the sun was high the Puma came home. And he pushed against his father to 
attract his attention. Then he went out, and his father followed him. They went 
towards the place where they got water for the lodge. When they reached there, 
behold, a large beaver had been lying there for some time. And they reached a place 
that was down-stream. And a large beaver had been lying there, too, for some time. 
_ And the Puma had killed just those two. The father carried them home on his back. 
And about the third day afterward the youth went with him. And the Puma killed 
two deer. He killed two black bears. And there he killed many. He killed ten: 
deer, black bears, and beavers. When the sun was very low, they reached home. “O 
father, younger brother has killed very many animals,” said the youth. The next day 
all went to bring the meat into camp. The young man went with his father and 
mother, The Puma did not go. Another people attacked them. They killed the 
young man first. Next they killed the old woman. The father barely reached home. 
“They have killed your mother and your elder brother. Let us go thither,” said he. 
They arrived there. As soon as they arrived the men killed the Puma’s father. The 
Puma attacked the men. The Puma killed one and his horse. He attacked them 
again. The Puma encountered them one after another. He killed a man with the 
horse that he was on; and so on throughout the ranks of the foe. He killed a hun- 
dred. Piercing them with his claws, he pulled them off their horses and killed them. 
Just as the sun set, only one man was left. 
