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sister. Good-Sight looks and says it is Bear. Brothers keep watch of Bear and 
sister. Sister comes with sack for Indian turnips and short stick to kill jack 
rabbit. She tells brothers when Bear sleeps and that she can be killed by shooting 
in hands and feet. Bear suspicious that brothers have helped sister to get turnips 
and rabbit and makes her repeat killing of rabbit. Next time girl tells brother 
Bear is asleep. Sister goes north with Fast-Runner and other brothers go to 
where Bear is sleeping with hands and feet up. Four of them shoot at once, 
hitting her under feet, and then run north. Bear follows and gains on them. 
Oldest brother throws turtle shell on ground and many turtles crawl around. 
Bear stops to collect turtles and brothers and sister get long way ahead. She 
again chases and gains on them. Eldest brother throws red-colored stone on 
ground, and place is full of red-colored stones, which Bear wants for painting. 
Bear piles up stones and then pursues again. Eldest brother throws on ground 
fine dust from arrows, and there are big bushes from which arrows are made. 
Bear wants them and cuts them with teeth. She again pursues and gains on 
them and oldest brother says if she succeeds in passing next place they will 
have to die. He passes bow-string through left hand four times and throws 
it on ground. Deep canyon appears. Bear comes, and finding high cedar tree 
standing near canyon, she jumps on tree and climbs down. She climbs up another 
cedar tree and gets to other side of canyon. She again gives chase, and when 
party hear her talking they stop and sit down facing south. When Bear arrives 
she sits down and rolls up to them and stops them. Oldest brother takes feather 
from head and blows it. As it goes up, seven brothers and sister go up with it to 
sky, where they live as Seven-Stars, or Dipper. Bear scolds herself for not killing 
them at once, and goes back to canyon. In north are worlds of bears, because 
Bear went there and never returned. Brothers leave their power on earth for 
benefit of people. 
10. THE SEVEN BROTHERS AND THE SISTER. 
Coyote, who has power to trick people, wanders west and sees grass-lodge. 
He enters and sees woman alone. Woman gives him food and asks if he has 
any children. He says he has daughter about her age and resembling her. 
Woman asks him to bring daughter to live with her as she is alone during day. 
Her brothers come from hunt at night. Coyote promises to send daughter, and 
goes home with plenty of meat. He forgets what woman told him, as he has 
no daughter. Some time after, he leaves home to go to her. He goes into river 
and dives four times and becomes full-grown woman and similar to other woman. 
He puts robe around him after the manner of woman. Goes to lodge and makes 
noise to atract woman, who comes out. Coyote woman pretends to be shy and 
woman takes her into lodge, gives her food, and asks why father has not come. 
Brothers return from hunt and ask what smells so badly in lodge. Sister says 
she has woman to live with her while they are away. At last they go into lodge 
and see woman. When men look at her she is ashamed, but she is enamoured 
of them. After eating they go to bed, two women sleeping together. As time 
goes on woman asks Coyote woman how people obtain children. She says man 
and woman have to marry. After further conversation woman offers her brothers 
to Coyote woman to marry. Sister speaks to brothers, who refuse to marry 
Coyote woman, but finally they agree to have woman between them. Men take 
turns in sleeping with Coyote woman. Child is born and Coyote woman says 
