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Rh There was the Toad. With him was Golden Eagle. Toad said | [he said to him]: "Let us go! Chicken Hawk and Blue Hawk (?) shall be our husbands." | Then he was her husband. He was skillful. | He caught Deer. One morning he was watching || the Deer. In the morning Toad said: "I'll go with you." Then | he started. He watched the Deer and everythingmountain sheep, rams. | Chicken Hawk and Toad went along. His stone was hard (?). Chicken Hawk | thought: "I'll kill her." He killed Toad. Chicken Hawk started back | to his tent. Toad was seen by her parents. She was taken. || They went to their tent. The mother of Toad was angry. | The mother of Toad said: "Let us go!" They started. She said: | "Chicken Hawk passes by here." The two, Toad and her mother, staid there. | Chicken Hawk was watched for. They saw Chicken Hawk coming along. | Toad and her mother were in hiding. Chicken Hawk arrived. He was taken. || Chicken Hawk was carried back to the tent. He was poor. He was made to perspire over the fire (?). | He was poor. Blue Hawk (?) knew | that his younger brother was poor. He went. He took his younger brother. | He went to take him. Blue Hawk (?) restored his younger brother. On the following day | he looked for all kinds (of animals). He was well. || Chicken Hawk and Blue Hawk were no longer poor. |

There was Frog. He said: "Let us go to Antelope's | tent! We will race with him." Antelope was a fast runner. | He was never beaten in racing. Frog arrived there. | He said to all the Frogs: "Do this." || All the Frogs lay down. (Frog) put down all her clothes. | Antelope put down his clothes. Then he ran fast. | They two stood together. He started. Antelope did not run fast. Then Frog | went fast, got ahead of Antelope, and took her clothes. | She started again. All the Frogs were lying there. (Antelope) was hungry and thirsty. || In the evening all the Frogs started. They got ahead of | Antelope. |

There were the Indians. They started. They went along. They saw | a Giant, who killed them. They did not return to their tents. One | woman started. She had a child. She went along. She saw the Giant. || She said to him: "What is it?" The Giant said: "What are you doing?" | The woman said to him: "This is your younger brother." He said: "What | did you do to make him so white?" She said to him: "I cooked him | to make him white." He said: