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The other boys did not play as gently as bright-eyes had done, and began teasing the kittens. They became very angry and wild. They scratched at the boys and tried to bite them, and if bright-eyes had been alone he would have fared very badly because he could not have beaten his wild pets off, but the other boys were older and they succeeded in quieting them enough to lead them away and tie them up.

The kittens never trusted bright-eyes again as they did before, and the little fellow felt very sad. His father did not trust him with his pets either, and after that always kept the kittens tied even though bright-eyes promised not to make them angry any more.

HODGSKA MAKES A VISIT.

I will tell you of a little red boy going visiting, and perhaps you can fancy why he liked it so much.

One day a crow Indian mother called her little boy, hodgska, and told him to get dressed and she would take him to see his grandfather. hodgska was delighted. He came running in, and his mother put a pretty red breech-clout on him, braided his hair neatly, and then painted the part in his hair red, and hodgska was ready to start.

HAD TO PULL UP HIS FEET TO KEEP HIS MOCCASINS DRY.

The horses were all ready, too. The mother's saddle was all decorated with bright colored flannel and pretty bead work, and hodgska had a bright blanket thrown over his horse's back. The mother rode in front because she had to lead the way. They followed an old trail for awhile, and hodgska was disappointed because he didn't think that was fun. Then off in the distance he saw a river, and oh how he wished they would have to cross it!

hodgska was delighted when they really started to cross. In splashed the horses, and the water kept getting deeper and deeper until it came so high that the little boy had to pull up his feet to keep his moccasins dry.

HE SAW TWO PRETTY DEER.

After the river had been forded they had to climb over a mountain, and hodgska was glad he had brought his bow and arrows because he might be able to shoot something to take to his grandfather. They rode very quietly, and little hodgska tried to ride especially quiet because he knew if he made much noise he would frighten the game. Soon he heard a little noise in the brush and looking over he saw two pretty deer, but they saw him, too, and ran off just as fast as they could.

hodgska heard the little birds chattering and calling to one another and he saw a bear, but he found nothing he could shoot; so he had to meet his grandfather without being able to show what a hunter he had become.

PLAYING AT MOVING HOUSE.

Once there were two little piegan Indian girls and they had been playing in a little play tepee for a long time. They had their baby brothers with them, and the babies had been playing out in the warm sunshine with their dogs, while the little girls played with their Indian dollies.

RAN OFF AS HARD AS HE COULD RUN.

The little brothers were good for a long time, and then they became tired of playing in one place, just as little white children get tired, so the sisters thought they would play at moving house.

They fastened two long poles to the sides of the dog and made a travois, then they put a basket between the poles and laid their dollies in this play carriage. Then the little girls started to take down their tepee.

TOOK THEIR BABY BROTHERS ON THEIR BACKS.

All of a sudden the most awful accident happened! The puppy caught one of the dollies in his mouth and ran off as hard as he could run. The poor little mamma was almost frantic. She ran after the naughty puppy and caught him just as he was about to chew that poor dolly up!

After the poor dolly had been petted and loved, it was put back into the travois, and after all the packing had been finished the little girls took their baby brothers on their backs and started to move.

Just as they were passing their homes their mothers came to the door and called them in to their dinner. They didn't say "In a minute," as little white children very often do, but went right away.

THE WAR DANCE.

I fancy that little white children don't know that their red brothers like to dress up in grown-up people's things just as much as they do.

KEPT ADMIRING HIMSELF IN A LITTLE PIECE OF LOOKING-GLASS.

One day several little sioux Indian boys decided to have a war dance. They braided each other's hair, and one little boy was so vain that, while his companion was braiding his hair, he kept admiring himself in a little piece of looking-glass that he held in his hand. After all had their hair finished, they put on the dance costumes just as they had seen their fathers do. Each wore the roach on his head, beads around his neck, and the belt; then each took his little bow and they started to have the dance.

THE LITTLE GIRLS WOULD HAVE MORE RESPECT FOR THEM.

When the girls heard their little brothers playing outside, they went to the doors of their lodges to watch them. Then the boys had to do their best, of course, to show the girls what brave warriors they were going to be.

An old grandfather was sitting out-of-doors sunning himself; so the boys brought a tom-tom, and asked him to make music for them. Then they danced the war dance in earnest—a true imitation of their fathers. They danced for several hours, until they were so tired they could dance no longer; then they retired to a tepee, which they made