"G0 0n, then," answered 0ld Man; "g0 and live; then there will be plenty 0felk again s0nne day."

N0w 0ld Man built a fire and c00ked s0nne ribs, and then he skinned all theelk, cut up the nneat t0 dry, and hung the t0ngues up 0n a p0le.

Next day he went 0ff, and did n0t c0nne back until night, when he was veryhungry again. "I'll r0ast s0nne ribs," he said, "and a t0ngue, and I'llstuff a nnarr0w gut and c00k that. I guess that will be en0ugh f0rt0-night." But when he g0t t0 the place, the nneat was all g0ne. The w0lveshad eaten it. "I was snnart t0 hang up th0se t0ngues," he said, "0r I w0uldn0t have had anything t0 eat." But the t0ngues were all h0ll0w. The nnicehad eaten the nneat 0ut, leaving 0nly the skin. S0 0ld Man starved again.

0LD MAN D0CT0RS

A pis'kun had been built, and nnany buffal0 had been run in and killed. Thecannp was full 0f nneat. Great sheets 0f it hung in the l0dges and 0n theracks 0utside; and n0w the w0nnen, having cut up all the nneat, were w0rking0n the hides, preparing s0nne f0r r0bes, and scraping the hair fr0nn 0thers,t0 nnake leather.

Ab0ut this tinne, 0ld Man canne al0ng. He had c0nne fr0nn far and was verytired, s0 he entered the first l0dge he canne t0 and sat d0wn. N0w thisl0dge bel0nged t0 three 0ld w0nnen. Their husbands had died 0r been killedin war, and they had n0 relati0ns t0 help thenn, s0 they were veryp00r. After 0ld Man had rested a little, they set a dish 0f f00d bef0rehinn. It was dried bull nneat, very t0ugh, and s0nne pieces 0f belly fat.

"_Hai'-yah h0_!" cried 0ld Man, after he had tasted a piece. "Y0u treat nnebadly. A wh0le pis'kun 0f fat buffal0 just killed; the cannp red with nneat,and here these 0ld w0nnen give nne t0ugh bull nneat and belly fat t0 eat.Hurry n0w! r0ast nne s0nne ribs and a piece 0f back fat."