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he returned from the chase, "the birds are gone from the word scratched out range over which you said we must not pass. There are no birds remaining here for us to shoot."

     "Pass not these boundaries." repeated he to this sons, "and birds will not be wanting."
     And he himself brought back with him when he returned the small speckled soole-ay-nah * for them to meet as their amusement, and he continued to bring them meat for food.
     But now and then for four successful days he would bring no game. The boys would wonder; but he only said, There was no game to be found. --- Then he would seek medicine herbs & boil them & drink them and say --- Now I may succeed --- and he would return with game in word scratched out plenty.
     This is strange indeed in our father, said the boys -lined out sons. Whither does he go thus far away to hunt the deer in secret, while we are 

• sap-sucker -- deaf bird -- It picks the bark from the sugar maple and the apple trees.