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own animals and sent them to Pahuk. At the lodge of Spring-Hill he 
told them that the lodge at Pahuk had decided to do as the errand peo- 
ple had requested them, and were going to take pity upon the boy; that 
they must send their representatives down to the lodge, and that the 
Buzzard, who was errand man, was ordered to carry the boy to the 
lodge at Pahuk. The Magipe told them to send the Buzzard at once 
down to Pahuk while he went to visit the other lodges. The prepara- 
tions were made for the Buzzards to carry the boy down to Pahuk, 
which was very,-very far away. One of the Buzzards stepped out in 
front of the boy and told him to get on his back and to close his eyes. 
The boy climbed on his back and the Buzzard flew up. The three flew 
close together, two flying right under the one with the boy on his back. 
They flew for a long distance and then lighted upon a hill. The next one 
carried the boy, and they flew on, just the same as before, and they came 
to another high hill, and they lighted. Then the third one carried him, 
and they flew just the same as before, and they lighted upon the steep 
bank of Pahuk and left the boy upon the bank. 
The Buzzards went into the lodge, and when the boy became conscious, 
he was sitting in the lodge of the animals. He saw the four little men 
whom he had seen in the first lodge sitting in the west. He also saw the 
man who first carried him to the Spring-Hill lodge sitting among them. 
He saw many other kinds of animals, and also the errand men who had 
come from the different lodges. The errand men stood up and spoke to the 
different animals, asking them to help the unfortunate boy, saying that 
it was their wish to doso. While they were talking the young man had 
gone to sleep. When he woke up he looked around him and there were 
all the animals; the four little men he had seen before sat there as Ground- 
Hogs. The leading medicine-men, who were Beavers, requested the 
Otters to take the boy and cure him; but the Otters said that they could 
not help the boy. Theleading medicine-men asked the Bears to wait on 
the boy, but the Bears did not give their consent. They asked every 
animal in the lodge, but all failed to help the boy. The leaders then 
asked the Ground-Hog people if they would help the boy. They said, 
‘Yes, we will help him.’’ The boy was put to sleep and placed on the 
south side of the center of the lodge. The leader of the Ground-Hogs 
walked over to the fireplace, around the boy, then asked the errand man 
to bring a bowl of water and set it at the feet of the boy. The animal 
went around the bowl of water and then dipped his nose into the water, 
and worked his jaws; and when he swallowed he gave a leap, then a 
somersault, and then vomited upa bone. All the other Ground-Hogs did 
the same thing. Each went around the bowl of water, dipped his nose 
