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'Stupid fool! How should he smell good? It is hungry I was!" 
He killed it; the young steer died. So when it fell down dead, Wisah- 
ketchahk walked up to it. 
“Splendid! Now I shall eat," he said. 
Then he cut it up, stripping off the hide with his knife. 
Then thus spoke Wisahketchahk: “I shall have the fat meat," he 
said. 
His arm, Wisahketchahk's one arm, said, “No! It is I shall have the 
fat meat," it said. 
His other arm said, “No! It is I shall have it." 
So they spoke, as if they were three persons, though there was only 
Wisahketchahk. The one had already grown angry; now the other, too, 
got into a rage. 
“You shan’t have the fat meat! I, I shall have it!” 
Wisahketchahk spoke thus: “Don’t, little brothers! Needlessly you 
are growing angry over this meat.” 
“Oh, no! He simply insists on being selfish.” 
“Oh, keep still! I’ll stab you." 
“Oho, it’s I who will stab you.” 
“Now, wait, little brother! It wouldn’t do for you two to kill each 
other for the sake of this meat." 
But he got into a foolish rage. 
“Ho, keep still!” 
With his knife he stabbed him like this; he stabbed that arm of his. 
Across to the other side he handed himself the knife, like this. He stabbed 
his other arm, too. And so then the knife fell down; he had killed his 
arms. They had killed each other. 
There stood Wisahketchahk, with his arms like this. And Wisah- 
ketchahk did not eat; he went away; he left the meat. For he was sick 
in his arms; in fact, his arms had died; he was not able to hold a knife. 
Thus goes this sacred story. 
(6) The Shut-Eye Dancers 
Coming-Day 
ka-Hsikdw-'fnhtukdw. 
Hiahtawd dh-pimuhtdt vfisahkdtsdhk, — nuhtdhkatdw mdka mina, — dh~ 
pimuhtdtj kd-wdpamdt ^^pah, dkwah niskah mihtsdt, sisipah, 
dkusi dmisi itdyihiam : “ tdnisi k-dsi-nipahakik f " itdyihtam, 
kltahiawd kd-wdpahtahk sdkahikanis, dkutah sisund nijnhk kd-wdpah- 
tahk asisiyah, utinam, dh-titipinahk. mistahih iakkupitam, dh-nayahtahkf 
d-sipwdhtdt. ^^pah itah k-dydyit, dkutah Mkih dh-pimuhtdt, kd-wdpamikut 
sn^pah. 
dmis Itwdwak ^i^pak : “ hd, kistdsinaw t ” itwdwak ; “ kdkway kd- 
nayahtahk f " dkusi itwdwak. 
“ mahtih nika-kakwdtsimdw, " itwdw awa sdslp. 
“ dha ^ , ” itwdwak. 
“ nistdsd, kikway kd-nayahtaman ? ” 
