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we had left him, the head directing his sister, in order to procure food,
where to place the magic arrows, and speaking at long interval* One day
the sister saw the eyes of the head brighten, as if with pleaaom At last it
spoke. < Oh, sister,' it said,*in what a pitiful situation you have been the
cause of placing me 1 Soon, very soon, a party of young men will arrive
and apply to me for aid; but alas! How can" I give what I would have
done with so much pleasure? Nevertheless, take two arrows, and place
them where you have been in the habit of placing the others, and have
meat prepared and cooked before they arrive. When you hear them
coming and calling on my name, go out and say,« Alas I it is long ago that
an accident befell him. I was the cause of it." If they still come near,
ask them in, and set meat before them. And now you most follow my
directions strictly. When the bear is near, go out and meet him. Yaw
will take my medicine-sack, bows and arrows, and my head. You moat
then untie tbe sack, and spread out before you my paints of all colours, iny
war-eagle feathers, my tufts of dried hair, and whatever else it coatasas.
As the bear approaches, you will take all these articles, one by ooe, and flay
to him, " This is my deceased brother's paint," and so on with all tbe other
articles, throwing each of them as far as you can. The virtues contained in
them will cause him to totter; and, to complete hia distraction, you will
take my head, and that too you will cast as far of as you cam, crying fttoad,
" See, this is my deceased brother's head." He will then fall sfpanlnmu
By this time the young men will have eaten, and you will call them te» your
assistance. You must then cut the carcase into pieces, yes, into ecajUl
pieces, and scatter them to the four winds; for, anfeas yoa do this, be will
again revive.' She promised that all should be done as be said* She bad
only time to prepare the meat, when the voice of the leader was beard
calling upon Tamo for aid. The woman went oat and said *s bar brother
had directed* But the war party being closely praseed, c*iae up to tiw
lodge. She invited them in, and placed the meat before them. While tbey
were eating, they heard the bear approaching. Untying i&e medicine a»ffc
and taking the head, she had all in readiness Ibr hie approach. When I*
came tip she did as she had been told; and, before she ML eacpeaftded tfc*
paints and feathers, tfee bear began to totler, bat, s*Sl ^Tm£a&, cane do»
to the woman, Saying- as she was commanded, sfee then took tfae be*!, mi
cast it as fer from her as she could. As ft rolled dtag &a gmBi, tt*
blood, excited by tfce feelings of the head m tMs temfefe mae, 3
the nose and mouth* The bear, tofctena& soon foil whfe *
noise. Then she cried for help, and Hie J^^g Sie
having partially regained their strength and spirits*
Mudjikewis, stepping up, gave a yeU aad stack Ma *
This he repeafced, tall it «e^ad lite a BUM* of fcram,