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When he got near his dwelling, he saw a little smoke, and a great 
pile of firewood. When he entered, eagerly he looked about: he saw no 
one. He was very sorry that no one was there. Then, as he went about 
his cooking, soon he found some moccasins. He picked them up and 
examined them; they were very pretty. 
“Probably it is a woman has been coming here,” he thought; “Now 
all the harder I shall try to find her here. Early in the morning I shall 
go,” he thought. 
After eating he lay down to sleep. He got up early; without eating 
he went forth to hunt. In a short time he killed a buffalo, and when he 
had cut it up, took the ribs and the kidneys and went home. He ran as 
he went. When he was close to his dwelling, he saw much smoke rising 
from his tent. He was very glad, thinking, “Perhaps she is there.” 
When he got there and entered, lo and behold, there sat a very hand- 
some woman on his settee. He sat down there, and she smiled at him as 
he looked at her. ‘ It appeared that she had already done the cooking. 
Without delay she took off his moccasins and put others on his feet, and 
she washed his hands and face. Thereupon she gave him to eat, and they 
took their meal. Oh, he was very glad. 
Thus spoke that woman: “Why do you bring so little meat?” 
“Oh,” said the man, “I did not think anyone was here; that is why 
I brought only a little,” he said; “But whence do you come?” he asked. 
“A long ways from here we dwell,” she answered. “Please, when you 
hunt, bring much meat; they are in want of food,” she said, “my father 
and his people.” 
“Very well,” said he. 
So he hunted every day. In time he killed many buffalo. The woman 
worked a great deal, preparing the food. 
When they had a large amount of it, “Suppose we go to my father’s 
place,” said the woman; “They are very hungry.” 
“Very well,” said the man. 
“Tomorrow,” she said. 
“But what are we to use to carry things?” 
“Oh, there will be some way we can manage,” she answered. 
Then, when they ate in the morning, “Go on ahead,” she told her 
husband; “Then you will set up some sticks at the place where we are to 
camp; from that place you will go hunting,” she said to her husband. 
So, when they had eaten, the man set out. And the woman made 
ready, laying their belongings and their food supply in a row. Then, when 
she had got ready, she went along, stepping each time upon their bundles 
of food; and when in this wise she set out, not a trace was there of their 
supplies of food. So then she walked on. Toward nightfall she found the 
sticks that were set up in the ground; there she made camp. When she 
kicked the ground, there lay their tent. Then she took the tent and set 
it up. When she had set it up, inside again she stamped the ground; on 
that spot fell all their belongings and their supplies of food. Then she went 
inside and cooked their meal. 
There, when the man came back and saw their dwelling, “How did 
she do it?” he thought concerning his wife. When he entered, there she 
was, smiling at him. He looked about and saw all their belongings and 
their supplies of food. He wondered greatly at what she had done. 
