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for his arrow. It was early in the day and therefore he looked for his 
arrow. Finally he had to give it up and went straight on home, instead 
of looking for more deer. Arriving home he quickly ordered some- 
thing to eat; told his wife about missing a deer when shooting at it, 
and that on the next day he would again go out looking for his arrow. 
This was the beginning of unfortunate times. 
Early on the next day he started off again in search of his arrow 
instead of going hunting. Arriving at the place where he had shot the 
deer he looked all around again, and would once in a while turn back 
where he was when shooting the deer and aim straight to where the 
deer had been. Then he would go and look for his arrow. He was all 
day looking for it, until late. Then he went back to his home, calling 
for something to eat. While eating he told his wife that some way or 
other he could not find his lost arrow. This was the commencement of 
his misfortune. Instead of hunting again he would hunt for his arrow. 
Every day he went out looking for it, and for some reason he was 
greedy and came home later than usual. Every day he went out he 
got worse. He ceased to ask his wife to give him something to eat, but 
would help himself. All he would ask would be if the fire was still 
burning, then he would go ahead and cook for himself. His wife finally 
noticed that their provisions were running short, for her husband was 
eating up everything they had. Finally the time came when they had 
eaten everything. The man got to eating dry hides and everything else. 
Still he would go out hunting his arrow, instead of hunting game. 
After he had eaten everything his wife put out the fire, so it would give 
out but a dim light, and he asked her to go to bed. His wife did as he 
told her. She then heard him grunting, and she noticed him cutting flesh 
off from his legs and cooking it after he had again built a fire, and eating 
it. This time, instead of getting in bed with his wife, he remained where 
he was and went to sleep. This he continued to do until he was nearly 
nothing but bones. | 
One day a person come along who told the woman how foolish 
she had been to marry such a man as Man-Fond-of-Deer-Meat; that 
some one else influenced her, and that there was some one preparing to 
take his life, and when she had taken this notion she was clearing the 
way for his and her ruin; that he would never find his arrow; that being 
a hunter of deer, Big-Hail-Deer (Taahaitschidl) had taken a notion to 
ruin him, first by causing him to lose his arrow at Where-two-cardinal- 
points-met (Jadatsikddaannidi), the northwest, where the man’s arrow 
could not be found; that there was no use of her telling her man, but 
