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At this time, the oldest brother sent Big-Belly-Boy to round up 
all his brothers who were living with other women. When they 
arrived, the old man told them that they had better move out again, 
for he did not like the way the boy was treated. They intended to leave 
the woman, but she begged to go along, too. Man-with-supernatural- 
Powers took his family and went up into the sky, but the village re- 
mained. If we look carefully at the Seven Stars (Ursa Minor), we 
can always find Big-Belly-Boy, second to the last, with the little boy. 
The old man himself became the Never-Moving-Star (Kasasaniki), 
or North Star; and another bright star below him, is the woman, 
mother of Big-Belly-Boy. So North-Star is the father of the Seven- 
Stars. 
9. THE SEVEN BROTHERS AND THE SISTER.* 
There was once a village. Some people lived within this village 
while some lived outside. There were seven brothers who had five 
sisters, and they with their father and mother lived in this village. The 
seven brothers were like other men of their time and went hunting 
and on the war-path. They were always out on some kind of a trip. 
When not on the war-path they had great powers. None of their 
enemies knew when they were near nor when they were about to attack. 
They blindfolded their enemies, as it were, so that they might easily do 
to them whatever they wanted to do. At home they had fun and played 
all sorts of games, the same as other men did. Their chief game was 
with the hoop. Each of the brothers had a certain power that the 
others had not, and they were named accordingly, as follows: Good- 
Sight (Otsnanaaiai), Good-Hearing (Gaatsia), Great-Strength (Net- 
sia), Good-Shooter (Otsnaiwigaia), Fast-Runner (Nataquantsiki), 
Great-Prophet (Nadikakidilue), and Afraid-of-Nothing (Kakinai- 
dari). They spent most of their time on the war-path, leaving their 
folks at home. Large crowds would go with these parties against the 
Trickster (Kinas) people of those times. 
While the oldest brother was home, some one cate to his bed 
nearly every night, and he knew it was a woman. He soon got tired 
of the occurrence, for he wanted to remain single all his life. He took 
white clay and water, mixed it, then put it away for use at night. When 
he went to bed again to sleep, a woman came to his bed. When the 
woman came he would always kick her off the bed; but this time, 
when the woman came to his bed he took the clay and water that he 
*Told by Lodge-in-front-of-all-the-Lodges (Waco). 
