210 TALES OF READY-TO-GIVE. 
In the night the girl left her bed and went to where her father and 
mother were lying. She woke her mother and said: ‘Mother, take this 
meat and fat and eat it. Here also is a piece of meat and a piece of fat 
for my father. Give it to him and tell him that this meat and fat came 
trom the poor boy who lives on the outskirts of the village. Tell my 
father that to-morrow he must send word to the poor boy and tell him 
that one of his daughters will marry him.’”’ The mother tried to scold her 
daughter, but the daughter said: ‘‘ Mother, through this poor boy the people 
will be fed.”” The girl then went to bed. Her mother took the meat 
and fat and gave it to her husband. Now, these people had had nothing 
to eat for some time, and they were hungry. When the man ate of the 
meat and the fat he asked where it came from. The woman said, ‘‘Our 
daughter brought this meat from the poor boy’s grandmother.” The 
mother said further, ‘‘You must give your consent to let our youngest 
daughter marry the poor boy.’’ The chief said, ‘‘It is well.” 
The next day the woman went back to the chief’s lodge and there 
she sat down. The chief said, ‘‘Woman, go to your grandson and tell 
him to come to my lodge; that he shall now marry my youngest 
daughter.”’ The old woman went to her grandson and told him that the 
chief wanted him at his lodge. The boy put on his eaglecap, his robe, 
his leggings, and his moccasins and went through the village. When the 
people saw him they wondered who the young man could be. He entered 
the lodge of the chief and he was given a seat near the entrance near the 
youngest daughter. The other girls who had been telling their father 
not to let them marry him, saw the poor boy and they were surprised. 
They also wanted to sit near the poor boy, but his wife would not let 
them come near. The chief told the boy that he was now married to his 
daughter. Then the boy told his wife to get up and go with him to his 
lodge. When they entered their lodge the boy told his grandmother to 
untie one parfleche of meat and boilit. The boy then sent word to the 
chief to come to his lodge to eat with him. The chief invited several 
other leading men. They entered the lodge, sat down, and were filled 
with meat. The chief then said, ‘‘My son, our people are very hungry.”’ 
The boy said: ‘‘I know that. I shall try to see if I can get any buffalo 
in the country.’”’ 
The next day the boy disappeared. He stayed away all day and re- 
turned at night. Hesaid, ‘‘Chief, to-morrow go over these hills and you 
will see buffalo. Surround the buffalo and kill them.” Early the next 
morning the chief sent criers through the village, telling the men to get 
on their ponies and to go out over the hills. Themen went out and found 
the buffalo. They surrounded them and killed them. 
