THE SEVEN BROTHERS AND THE SISTER. 7a 
ordered Good-Sight to take the stick and go quickly and kill a jack- 
rabbit. He took the stick and went to look for the rabbit to kill for 
the Bear. He finally succeeded in finding one, threw the stick and 
stuck it into the rabbit through its side. After they had done these things 
for their sister they again asked her if she had ever asked the Bear 
where a person should shoot her in order to kill her. She told them that 
all one had to do was to shoot the Bear in her hands and under her 
feet. The brothers again begged Good-Sight to give the girl power 
to shoot straight, for they knew the Bear would make her repeat the 
shooting of the rabbit. They knew that the Bear would not believe the 
girl had dug the turnips so quickly and that she had killed the rabbit. 
They started her off and told her to keep secret their presence around | 
the village. The next time the seven brothers met the girl she told them 
that when she had arrived with the turnips and jack-rabbit at the place 
where the Bear was, the Bear had said to her: “Your brothers must 
be somewhere around the camp; I know that you could not have 
filled the sack so soon and could not possibly have killed the rabbit so 
easily.” She told them that she had denied that her brothers were 
somewhere around their former camps; that the Bear had said to her: 
“T must see with my own eyes how you did when you killed the rabbit ;” 
that the Bear had stood up the dead rabbit and given her the stick to 
prove that she had killed it; that she had thrown the stick at the rabbit 
and hit it right in the wound, so that the Bear had to believe her; that 
she had cooked the rabbit by the fire; that the Bear had fallen asleep, 
it being about noon, when she had come to her brothers. The seven 
brothers then consulted as to what must be done and what would be 
the best way to get away from the Bear. When the Bear went to sleep 
she could be heard a long way off. The brothers left the girl with 
Fast-Runner, who at once started for the north, going as hard as he 
could go. His brothers then went straight to where the Bear was, 
and on their arrival they saw her still sleeping soundly on her back, 
with her hands and feet up. This gave them a chance to shoot her 
under the feet. Four of them got around her, one at each foot, to shoot 
and kill her. ‘hey all shot at once, hitting her under the feet. Then 
they all ran toward the north, where Fast-Runner had gone with 
their sister. 
They could hear the Bear talking, saying: “Who would ever be- 
lieve anyone could kill me by shooting under my feet and hands! I 
knew the seven brothers were somewhere about the village; but never 
mind, I will get them.” The Bear at once took after them and they 
could hear her talking, saying: “I will get you. You need not think 
