One of the young bears went out of the lodge and stood up and looked about, and when it saw this meat hanging by the old women's lodge close by, it went over toward it.
"Ah," said the old women, "there are those bears."
"Do not be afraid," said Kŭt-o-yĭs´.
The young bear went over to where the meat was hanging and stood up and began to pull it down. Kŭt-o-yĭs´ went out of the lodge and said, "Wait; wait! What are you doing, taking the old women's meat?"
The young bear answered, "My father told me that I should go out and get this meat and bring it home to him."
Kŭt-o-yĭs´ hit the young bear over the head with a stick and it ran home crying.
When it had reached the lodge it told what had happened and the father bear said, "I will go over there myself; perhaps this person will hit me over the head."
When the old women saw the father and mother bear and all their relations coming they were afraid, but Kŭt-o-yĭs´ jumped out of the lodge and killed the bears one after another; all except one little she-bear, a very small one, which got away.
"Well," said Kŭt-o-yĭs´, "you may go and breed more bears."
He told the old women to move over to the bear-painted lodge and after this to live in it. It was theirs.