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in the log and held the old man fast. A voice said to the boy: ‘‘ Run 
to the tipi and take the pounder away from the woman who is pound- 
ing corn, bring it here, and beat the old man to death.’’ The boy 
obeyed, and when the old man was dead, the voice said: ‘‘ Gather up 
all of your brothers’ bones. I will help you, for I know the bones of 
each boy, and put them in nine piles.’’ A strange man, the possessor 
of the voice, appeared and helped the boy gather up the bones. When 
they had them all piled up the man said: ‘‘ Put your robe over them, 
shoot an arrow up in the sky, then cry: ‘Look out, brothers, the 
arrow will hit you!’’’ ‘The boy obeyed, and as he cried ‘‘ Look out, 
brothers, the arrow will hit you !’’ his brothers jumped out from under 
the robe. The man then told them to burn the tipi with the man and 
his wife in it and to scatter the ashes. After they had done all that, 
the man said: ‘‘ Return now to your grandmother. I am the Sunand 
I have helped you destroy the cannibals.’’ Then he disappeared. The 
brothers all returned to their grandmother, who had almost grieved 
herself todeath. ‘They told their story, and the youngest boy told how 
the Sun had taken pity on him and helped him ; and from that time all 
the people knew that the Sun was their friend and always willing to 
help them in times of trouble. 
33. COYOTE AND THE SIX BROTHERS. 
An old woman lived alone with her seven sons. ‘They were all good 
hunters and kept her busy preparing the game that they killed. One 
day the oldest son went out to hunt and did not return. After several 
days his dogs came back, but he did not come. Thesecond son decided 
to go to search for his brother, and so he took the dogs and started out. 
After several days the dogs came back, but the second son did not come. 
‘The third son decided to go after his missing brothers. Again the dogs 
returned alone, and the brothers did not come. The fourth, the fifth, 
and the sixth sons in turn went to search for their missing brothers, but 
each time the dogs came back alone. The youngest son wanted to go, 
but his mother could not give him up, for she feared that he, too, would 
go, never to return. One day, after the brothers had been gone a long 
time, the little boy saw a raccoon ina tree. He asked his mother if he 
could not take his bow and arrow and kill it. She said that he could, 
and gave him his bow and arrow. He chased the raccoon from one 
tree to another until it had led him far into the thick timber. Finally 
it ran down a hollow tree and he climbed the tree to get it out. While 
he was in the tree he heard some one speak, and, turning around, he 
saw a little old woman standing by the tree. ‘‘ Throw the raccoon 
down here, and I and the dogs will kill it,’ she said. He threw the 
