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had mixed, then he grabbed the woman and put a mark on her back, then 
pushed her away. The next day he announced publicly that he wanted 
to see the’ women play the double-ball game. The following morn- 
ing the women from every lodge came to the play-ground and played 
the double-ball game. The young man sat watching the game, looking 
out for the one he had marked. While the game was going on he 
noticed that one of his sisters bore the mark. She was his oldest 
sister. He then ordered the women to go home. When the game was 
going on, the rest of the women would ask the young man’s sister why 
she had the hand mark on her. He, of course, felt sad that his sister 
should have treated him like this, so he decided to punish her when 
she should come to him again. The very next night, the sister came 
to his bed again, and this time he was ready for her with his arrows 
on his right side. When the woman came he took his arrows by the 
points, struck all over her and made her cry aloud. The woman, full 
of regret, left her parents behind, going north, and when she was by 
herself she became Woman-having-great-Powers (Widadadiakista), 
or Grisly-Bear. 
Now, the seven brothers went on the war-path and were gone for a 
good while. The time came when Great-Prophet stayed behind the rest 
of the crowd. His brothers said among themselves: “What can be 
the matter with Great-Prophet. Surely he must have found out some- 
thing.” So they all stopped a moment to see if he had discovered some 
danger before them or at home. He answered them, saying there was 
danger at home; that some beast had killed all the people but their 
youngest sister. Shey asked Good-Sight to look and see if he could see 
anything at home. When he had looked he said to his brothers that 
surely there was a Bear going around their home. They at once turned 
back and made a straight journey to their home. They remained out- 
side of their former village to avoid danger, but they kept close watch 
of the Bear and their sister. One day the seven brothers watched to 
see if their sister would come away from the place where the Bear 
was. They saw her coming toward the prairie; so they went toward 
her and asked her for information. The girl said the Bear was always 
looking for her brothers’ return and wanted to do to them as she had 
done to the people; that she was sent out to get a sack full of Indian 
turnips. She had a short stick, to kill a jack-rabbit. Her brothers asked 
her if she did anything else during the day. She told them that the Bear 
always slept about noon, and part of the night, and woke up in the 
afternoon. They quickly dug the turnips, and filled her sack full, and 
