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Rh river lie was going to see ǁ the chief's daughter. He took the pemmican, started, | and went to the river. He saw the girl and gave it to her. He said to her: | "Take it back home and eat it. Don't let that man see it. | If your mother asks who owns this pemmican, say to her, | 'The one who draws water all the time gave it to me.'" ǁ Then the girl started back. She was the daughter of the | chief Golden Eagle. The youth also went back. |

In the morning he said to his grandmother: "Is there no leg part of the skin | of a bull?" The old woman said: "There is none." The old man said: | "There is some; give it to the child." She found it ǁ and gave it to him. She said to him: "Here! It is small." He said: | "Even though it is small, give it to me." He made a large netted ring. | He worked his manitou power; and although the edge of the skin was small, | it became a large netted ring. He did the same way | as he had done with the yearling. Just as he had done that, he killed the bull. ǁ Then the old man also had a blanket. There was a painting in the center of it. | When she had put the coagulated blood in the skin and put it away, | and when she brought it out the next day, it was tanned, | and there was a painting in the center of the blanket. Then the grandparents and the grandson all had blankets. | They had much pemmican and many ǁ parflèches. |

He said to his grandmother: "Give me pemmican. I'll draw water. | I'll eat it on my way." | She said to her grandson: "You eat it too quickly." He said to her: "I give it to the water carrier." | Then he went to draw water. When he came to the water, ǁ the girl also came. He gave it to her. He said to her: "Eat it. | If your mother asks you who gave it to you, then | say to her, 'That one gave it to me himself who goes to the river to draw water.'" He said to her: | "Don't give any of it to the man, your | elder sister's husband."

The people in that town were very hungry. There were no | buffaloes. Tree Chief had hidden them. | He was angry at Coyote. Therefore he had hidden the buffaloes. | He said to the girl: "Tomorrow prepare | my seat; I'll go to your tent." The girl went back. ǁ When she entered the tent, she gave the pemmican to her mother. | Then she ate. Her father also ate, and | she gave some to her elder sister, Coyote's wife, while | Coyote lay asleep. He felt uneasy. He looked sideways | at his wife. He said to her: "It looks as though you were eating something." ǁ His wife did not look at him. Her mother said: "Who owns | this pemmican?" She said to her: "The one who always draws water gave it to me." | Chief Golden Eagle thought: | "Now I'll see who owns what I eat."