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over the hole, and the man again asked for help. The bird passed on 
again, and yet again, but the fourth time it lit on the ground and came 
near to the edge of the hole and peeped over the rim and saw the man. 
This bird was Buzzard, and Buzzard told the man not to be worried, 
that he would help him out, but that he must wait until he went back 
home after some of his medicine which he required. Buzzard went away, 
but came back and flew down to the bottom of the hole. ‘Then Buzzard 
spoke to the man, saying that he was going to take him to the home 
of the Buzzards until he was able to walk home. ‘The man was told to 
shut his eyes and then take one step forward. When he did this he 
stepped on Buzzard’s back. ‘Then Buzzard began to fly upward and 
out of the hole. ‘Then Buzzard told him to open his eyes, and he did 
so and saw that he was on land again. The man was not able to walk 
at all, and so Buzzard told him to shut his eyes again, and they began 
to fly away from the place. After a while the man tried to open his 
eyes a very little, but Buzzard knew what he was doing and told him 
not todoit again. Inashort time they arrived at the home of Buzzard, 
and while he was there the young man was treated kindly. After he 
had been there several days Buzzard asked him if he would like to see 
his people, and the man told him that he would, and then Buzzard 
called the man over to where he was, and when he got there Buzzard 
opened a very small place which was near where he was sitting. The 
man looked down below him and could see many Buzzard people. Two 
days after this the man was able to walk around and to do anything, 
and then Buzzard told him that he was going to take him to his home 
to see his people once more. Then Buzzard told the young man that 
his friend was jealous of him, and that the reason he had maltreated 
him was that he had been told he was going to take his wife away 
from him. Buzzard said: ‘‘I am going to take you home, and we will 
reach your home about dark, and when we reach a place that is near 
to your home I will have to let youoff. Then you will hear your friend 
singing in his lodge, which is near to yours. When you go into your 
lodge you will find all of your people there, and when they see you, 
tell them not to cry or make any kind of noise. Your own sister will 
be there and you must tell her to go after your friend’s wife. She 
will not refuse your sister, but come right along with her.’’ ‘They 
started out and Buzzard told him to shut his eyes again. When - 
Buzzard told him to open them he could hear his friend singing, and 
he knew it was he because he recognized his voice. When they came 
near to his home Buzzard told him to get off of his back. He did, and 
went straight to his lodge, and when he went in his sister was the first 
one to meet him. When she came to him she began tocry. He told 
