THE LITTLE BROWN HAWKS. 249 
Before he sat down he noticed the weapons that belonged to his older 
brothers. He sat down, and just then the old Coyote entered and went 
out again, carrying the message that he was present back to his master. 
He reported that there was another visitor that seemed to be of the same 
family as the two previously killed. The Swift-Hawk was given some- 
thing to eat and a bed to sleep on. The next morning he rose before 
daylight, went straight to the creek and took an early morning bath. 
When he went back he was called to the play ground at the edge of the 
village. He went to the shinny ball grounds. He dressed like his 
brothers, and he was painted like them, and had some kind of a feather 
on his head. They then commenced to play the shinny game. The 
play ground extended north and south and it was a long way from goal 
to goal. The Swift-Hawk lost the game and forfeited his life, for his 
opponent was the fastest runner in the village. When running, he would 
set the grass on fire in his tracks. 
Another Swift-Hawk now took a notion to go and look for his 
brothers. It will be remembered that this was the last of the four 
brothers. He also was four days on the way to the village. All trav- 
eled at about the same pace and camped for each night at the same 
places. The Swift-Hawk arrived at the village at sundown and asked 
where he could stop for the night. He was told to go to the largest 
and highest tipi that he could see, where he would find a man who 
would allow him to stay all night. So he went on as told, entered the 
place, and when the young man living at the place saw him he knew 
him to be of the same family as the three brothers who had been killed. 
The Swift-Hawk was asked to pass on to the place where visitors sat 
and slept. Here he noticed his dead brothers’ things hanging up. 
He was told that his brothers had died, having lost their shinny games, 
and that there was a man in the village who had the power to win 
the shinny game; that early in the morning he would be called to the 
shinny game to play. He then was given something to eat and a bed 
to sleep on. Ejarly the next morning he got up and went to the creek 
for a bath. When he had taken a bath he dressed himself and put on 
the same kind of clothes his brothers had worn. He was now called 
to the shinny grounds to play. When he was seen, it was thought that 
‘he was the same man who had been killed there before. They tossed 
the ball and commenced the game. It consisted of tossing the ball and 
one hitting it, the first running in the direction they were headed, the 
other following after him. They played for a while, until the Swift- 
Hawk played out and lost the game. He was then clubbed with the 
shinny club. 
