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village. He sat down at the same place where this brother had sat, 
watching the people playing their games and amusing themselves. 
After the sun had gone down he went toward the village. As he 
entered he saw a certain person of whom he inquired where visitors 
were accommodated. The person told him to go to the middle of the 
village, to the largest tipi, and there he would find the chief, who 
always received visitors. The boy went on toward the chief’s tipi. 
When he got there he entered. He saw a crowd of men about the 
chief’s place. He -was told to pass on to the bed on the northwest. As 
he passed on he noticed some things that looked familiar to him. He 
recognized that they had belonged to his brother. He hung his own 
things in the same place. He was told that Shadow-of-the-Sun might 
call for him the next morning to have a foot-race with him. The men 
in the tipi noticed that this young man looked just like the man who had 
recently visited him. They thought that he was the same man, but 
that he was much younger. Having been told these things the boy 
was given something to eat. He sat up a part of the night talking 
with some of the men who were visiting the chief. Finally all the 
men went to their homes. The boy now rested, for he had come a long 
way. ‘Che next morning when he woke he heard some one calling him 
to come to 'a race. He went to the flowing water, took his early morn- 
ing bath and went back to the chief’s tipi. The two chiefs went with 
him to the race course. When they got there they started off toward 
the west, and went about the same distance as the boy’s brother had 
gone, and there they started the race. The good chief started. When 
he gave out the young man continued the race. He was defeated, as 
his brother had been, having made a great effort four different times 
and having failed to win the race. Now his life was taken. When the 
good chief had arrived he saw that the evil-spirited people had carried 
off some of his people. So he felt sad that the young man had lost his 
life through paying him a visit. 
Again the parents of this boy at his home were wondering what 
had become of him, whether he was alive or dead. Soon after, the 
youngest of the three brothers decided to go out in search of his two 
brothers. He asked his mother to make him a pair of moccasins and 
prepare some corn meal to take with him. When these things were 
ready he set out. He journeyed four days, until he came to the village 
his brothers had visited. In the evening he sat down at the same place 
where his brothers had rested. He watched the people playing in the 
village. He asked a certain person, after the sun had gone down, 
where visitors were received. He was told to go to the middle of 
