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So from this time on, the woman had to assist in their flight. 
This woman now used ther double-balls, and when she would throw 
the double-balls, they would be on the balls. ‘This was the way they 
continued to travel while trying to make their escape. But they soon 
again heard the old woman talking, for she was getting nearer all the 
time, and this being the last resort they had, they had to do the best 
they could in order to prevent the old woman from catching up with 
them, but they could hear her talking, and it sounded closer to them 
every time. This woman finally used up all her traveling power, hav- 
ing used the double-balls four times, accompanying the balls when 
pitched. They finally saw the place of their retreat, and at the same time 
they heard the old woman coming nearer and nearer. But they kept 
on traveling, and now they had to go afoot. The girl was frightened 
and began to weep, for she knew what was going to happen to them 
if caught by the old woman. For this old woman was hard to get away 
from. Her name was Little-Spider-Woman (Itsishkaheidikits). 
Little-Spider-Woman now arrived where the woman had helped 
Child-of-a-Dog and his wife, and she requested the woman not to help 
these people again, for she was after them, and she told her that if 
she did not give them up she also would kill her with them. But as 
this woman was quiet and not having much to say at any time, she sat 
there for a long while before she would do anything. This woman was 
named Buzzard-Woman (Awiasquaatskaheka). The Buzzard-Woman 
again thought of helping this couple, and so she went up under the old 
woman before she could move, and flew up in the air with Little- 
Spider-Woman. She then kept flying higher and higher. The people 
waked up and saw them, and they could hear the Little-Spider-Woman 
begging the Buzzard-Woman to let her live, saying that she would give ~ 
her the same kind of powers as she had, but the Buzzard-Woman would 
not listen, but kept going up higher and higher. Finally the people 
could not see them any more, they were up so high, and then they 
heard something falling; it was Little-Spider-Woman weeping, and 
finally they saw her coming down, and she was already dead before 
she fell to the ground. They then again saw the Buzzard-Woman 
coming down again, and when she lit upon the ground she told the 
people to go wherever they desired. So they thanked the Buzzard- 
Woman for helping them out, and they went back to Child-of-a-Dog’s 
home. The woman at Child-of-a-Dog’s home was worried again, as 
she was when Child-of-a-Dog first left, and she thought that for his 
sake the boy had perhaps gone off to some other place, never to re- 
turn any more. But he was near to home, and when he, with his wife, 
arrived, the woman was glad to have him again, and also to see his wife. 
