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him; so that many times Noojekesigunodasit
had to go to bed hungry, for he dared not tell
his father. All the other brothers were afraid
of the eldest one, too, so there was no one to
help him.
At last Noojekesigunodasit could bear the
ill-treatment no longer. So he went to his
mother, and said:
"I am going away. I cannot bear my
brother s cruelty any longer. I shall go far
out into the world. So make for me a small
bow and arrow and thirty pairs of moccasins."
The mother told no one about the little boy s
plan; for she was sorry for him, and she did
not know how to shield him from the cruel
brother. She made the moccasins, and the bow
and arrow, and gave them to him with a heavy
heart.
Then Noojekesigunodasit made a bundle of
the moccasins, and started early one morning,
just after his father and brothers had gone
out hunting for the day. He stood in the door
of the wigwam and looked about him. Every
where there were great, tall trees. He did not
know any of the trails that led about the
forest, so he thought that it would be safest
to make his own trail.
Now this is what Noojekesigunodasit did.
He stood there in the doorway and shot the
arrow straight ahead. Then he quickly ran