ater froze all about the Bear's tail, yet he sat still, waiting for
the Fox to call him. Yes, the Bear sat so still and so long that his
tail was frozen in the ice, but he didn't know it. When the Fox
thought it was time, he called:

"'Hey, Bear, come here quick--quick! I have a Rabbit in this hole, and
I want you to help me dig him out.' Ho! The Bear tried to get up, but
he couldn't.

"'Hey, Bear, come here--there are two Rabbits in this hole,' called the
Fox.

"The Bear pulled so hard to get away from the ice, that he broke his
tail off short to his body. Then the Fox ran away laughing at the Bear.

"I hardly believe that story, but once I heard an old man who visited
my father from the country far east of here, tell it. I remembered it.
But I can't say that I know it is true, as I can the others.

"When I told you the story of how OLD-man made the world over, after
the water had made its war upon it, I told you how the first man and
woman were made. There is another story of how the first man found his
wife, and I will tell you that.

"After OLD-man had made a man to look like himself, he left him to live
with the Wolves, and went away. The man had a hard time of it, with no
clothes to keep him warm, and no wife to help him, so he went out
looking for OLD-man.

"It took the man a long time to find OLD-man's lodge, but as soon as he
got there he went right in and said:

"'OLD-man, you have made me and left me to live with the Wolf-people.
I don't like them at all. They give me scraps of meat to eat and won't
build a fire. They have wives, but I don't want a Wolf-woman. I think
you should take better care of me.'

"'Well,' replied OLD-man, 'I was just waiting for you to come to see
me. I have things fixed for you. You go down this river until you
come to a steep hillside. There you will see a lodge. Then I will
leave you to do the rest. Go!'

"The man started and travelled all that day. When night came he camped
and ate some berries that grew near the river. The next morning he
started down the river again, looking for the steep hillside and the
lodge. Just before sundown, the man saw a fine lodge near a steep
hillside, and he knew that was the lodge he was looking for; so he
crossed the river and went into the lodge.

"Sitting by the fire inside, was a woman. She was dressed in buckskin
clothes, and was cooking some meat that smelled good to the man, but
when she saw him without any