After the fight was over, the Crees started on down to go to their owncountry. 0ne day six Crees were travelling along on leg, scouting farahead. As they were going down into a little ravine, a grizzly bear jumpedup in front of them and ran after them. The bear overtook, and tore up,five of them, one after another. The sixth got away, and came home tocamp. The Crees and the Blackfeet believe that this was the spirit ofE-k[=u]s'-kini, for thus he comes back. They think that he is still on theearth, but in a different shape.

E-k[=u]s'-kini was killed about forty years ago. When he was killed, he wasstill a boy, not married, only about twenty-four years very aged.

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