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Rh Then they filled the pipe for Chief Not-sitting-down-Long. | The Chief, said: "Now speak! Why did you come?" || Little Sun said: 20 "The chief made a request | that some one should go on the warpath. Nobody wanted to come, but I came." | The chief was seated. He said: "After how many days | shall the warriors start?" Little Sun said: | "He spoke this morning, and said, 'For three days || work on 25 arrow wood and bow staves. Put feathers on your arrows. | Then, when everything is done, on the fourth day they shall start. | They said to Little Sun: "When did you start?" | He said: "This evening." Then it was known that he was a runner. | They said to him: "It shall be so. In three days they || also shall start. They 30 will all be ready. | On the fourth day they will not go far and stop. | On the fifth day they will meet on Low Hills." |

It was dark, and Little Sun staid over night. He staid there in the morning. | At noon Little Sun was not ready to go. || At sunset 35 he started back, dragging his blanket. | They began to peel their arrow wood. In the town Fish Hawk Nest | they played ball in the evening. Just when they had finished their game, | Little Sun was seen. He came dragging his blanket. | He entered the tent of the chief. They assembled, || and they were going to listen to what the 40 chief would say. He said: | "Yesterday after I started, I reached there just after the game was over." | He was asked: "How high was the sun when you got there?" He said: | "I just said so." He was told: "They were playing ball | when you started." He said: "Why, at the place to which I went || they had just finished their game 45 when I arrived." Then it was known [ that he was a runner. He was told: "What did the chief say?" | He said: "He will do just as you said. | Four days from to-day | you will meet at Low Hills. The chief will not go, || but his son will go. Now I have told the news." | 50 And all said: "Yes." |

Then they made arrows and bows. After four days | they went on the warpath. They stopped over night. | The people of Kqawakmituk started also. They did not go far, and staid over night. || In 55 the morning they went to Low Hills, and just at noon | they met. Many started—a crowd—and they went along. | Scouts went ahead. They did not see | anything. They went on. Now they Were hungry. | There were two friends. One was called Pipe Lighter. Some time before this, || Pipe Lighter had told his friend what he would do. His 60