tell
us."

They divided the bundle of meat among the starving people, saving the
biggest piece for Unktomi.

When Unktomi had come and eaten, the villagers told him of the crow and
asked what the bird's words meant.

"He means," said Unktomi, "that the two children whom you forsook have
tepees full of dried meat enough for all the village."

The villagers were filled with astonishment at this news. To find
whether or not it was true, the chief called seven young men and sent
them out to see. They came to the three tepees and there met the girl's
brother and husband just going out to hunt (which they did now only for
sport).

The girl's brother invited the seven young men into the third or sacred
lodge, and after they had smoked a pipe and knocked out the ashes on a
buffalo bone the brother gave them meat to eat, which the seven devoured
greedily. The next day he loaded all seven with packs of meat, saying:

"Take this meat to the villagers and lead them hither."

While they awaited the return of the young men with the villagers, the
girl made two bundles of meat, one of the best and choicest pieces, and
the other of liver, very dry and hard to eat. After a few days the camp
arrived. The young woman's mother opened the door and ran in crying:
"Oh, my dear daughter, how glad I am to see you." But the daughter
received her coldly and gave her the bundle of dried liver to eat. But
when the old woman who had saved the children's lives came in, the
young girl received her gladly, called her grandmother, and gave her the
package of choice meat with marrow.

Then the whole village camped and ate of the stores of meat all the
winter until spring came; and withal they were so many, there was such
abundance of stores that there was still much left.

THE SIGNS OF CORN

When corn is to be planted by the Indians, it is the work of the women
folk to see to the sorting and cleaning of the best seed. It is also the
women's work to see to the planting. (This was in olden times.)

After the best seed has been selected, the planter measures the corn,
lays down a layer of hay, then a layer of corn. Over this corn they
sprinkle warm water and cover it with another layer of hay, then bind
hay about the bundle and hang it up in a spot where the warm rays of the
sun can strike it.

While the corn is hanging in the sun, the ground is being prepared to
receive it. Having finished the task of preparing the ground, the wom