THE GAMBLER AND THE GAMING STICKS. 187 
could no get trace of him. The younger brother sent birds out to see 
where the boy had gone. The Raven came back to him and said: ‘‘ Your 
brother is dead. His head is at the gambler’s lodge.’’ The boy said: 
“T will at once start out to hunt my brother.”” The boy started, and as 
he went he brought all of his powers into play so that he could see well. 
He followed the steps of his brother, and where his brother had slept there 
he slept. 
After a while he came to the bank where his brother had sat, and as 
he sat down he saw the errand man watching him. The boy said to him- 
self: ‘I know you; I will fix you.”” He arose and went to the tipi where 
his brother had stayed. He was welcomed, for he looked so much like 
the other boy. The people told him that he would surely be invited to 
the gambler’s, and they said: ‘‘He will offer you something to eat, and 
it will be human eyes. Do not eat them; tell him that you ate plenti- 
fully and do not care to eat any more, but if he does not object you would 
like to take the food to your stopping-place. If you bring the food, we 
will take it out and throw it away.’’ The errand man came around and 
said: ‘‘The gambler wishes you to eat with him.” The boy said, ‘‘Very 
well; I will go.’”” The boy went, and as he entered the lodge the gambler 
told him to take a seat by him. They offered him the bowl of eyes, but 
he would not eat them. He said that he had eaten plenty. The young 
man was asked if he could play the game of sticks. He said: ‘* Yes; I will 
play with you, but as I am tired I will put it off until the fifth day.” 
“Very well,” said the gambler. The boy told them that he wanted to 
take the bowl to his stopping-place, so that when he should become 
hungry he could eat it. 
The next two days the boy spent around the tipi, for he was thinking 
of his brother who had been killed. On the third day he was invited 
again. The people with whom he stopped said: ‘‘This time he will 
try to feed you dried human ears. He will try to make you believe that 
they are pieces of squash.’”’ The boy went to the gambler’s lodge. 
They were very kind to him and offered him the bowl of squash. The 
boy said that he was sorry, but he had eaten so much that he could not 
eat any more; but he was very fond of squash and wished that he could 
take it to his stopping-place. He arose and took the bowl of human ears 
with him. The people received the bowl and threw the contents away. 
The bowl was taken back to the gambler’s lodge. 
The fourth day came and the boy asked the man who was in the 
lodge if he could tell him of a place where there were buffalo wallows and 
‘bones. ‘‘Yes,’’ said the man; ‘“‘I can show you. You see yonder hill- 
side? There is where the bones are. There the buffalo have been slaugh- 
