Now the girl was glad, and proud of her young brother who was so large and noble-looking.  He was quiet, not speaking much, and sometimes for days he would not say anything.  He seemed to be thinking all the time.  One morning he told the girl that he had a dream and that he wished her to help him build a pis’kun.  She was afraid to ask him about the dream, for she thought if she asked questions he might not like it.  So she just said she was ready to do what he wished.  They built the pis’kun, and when it was finished, the boy said to his sister:  “The buffalo are to come to us, and you are not to see them.  When the time comes, you are to cover your head and to hold your face close to the ground; and do not lift your head nor look, until I throw a piece of kidney to you.”  The girl said, “It shall be as you say.”

When the time came, the boy told her where to go; and she went to the place, a little way from the lodge, not far from the corral, and sat down on the ground, and covered her head, holding her face close to the earth.  After she had sat there a little while, she heard the sound of animals running, and she was excited and curious, and raised her head to look; but all she saw was her brother, standing near, looking at her.  Before he could speak, she said to him:  “I thought I heard buffalo coming, and because I was anxious for food, I forgot my promise and looked.  Forgive me this time, and I will try again.”  Again she bent her face to the ground, and covered her head.

Soon she heard again the sound of animals running, at first a long way off, and then coming nearer and nearer, until at last they seemed close, and she thought they were going to run over her.  She sprang up in fright and looked about, but there was nothing to be seen but her brother, looking sadly at her.  She went close to him and said:  “Pity me.  I was afraid, for I thought the buffalo were going to run over me.”  He said:  “This is the last time.  If again you look, we will starve; but if you do not look, we will always have plenty, and will never be without meat.”  The girl looked at him, and said, “I will try hard this time, and even if those animals run right over me, I will not look until you throw the kidney to me.”  Again she covered her head, pressing her face against the earth and putting her hands against her ears, so that she might not hear.  Suddenly, sooner than she thought, she felt the blow from the meat thrown at her, and, springing up, she seized the kidney and began to eat it.  Not far away was her brother, bending over a fat cow; and, going up to him, she helped him with the butchering.  After that was done, she kindled a fire and cooked the best parts of the meat, and they ate and were satisfied.

The boy became a great hunter.  He made fine arrows that went faster than a bird could fly, and when he was hunting, he watched all the animals and all the birds, and learned their ways, and how to imitate them when they called.  While he was hunting, the girl dressed buffalo hides and the skins of deer and other animals.  She made a fine new lodge, and the boy painted it with figures of all the birds and the animals he had killed.