Titindi Maupa wished his elder sister to marry Topuna, his great friend, who was a good hunter and killed many deer. One day Titindi Maupa told his two sisters to make ready much food,—roots, acorns, and pine nuts.
The women made these things ready and put them into a round basket. He put the basket on his back, took two otter-skins as presents, and went to Motiri Mauna.
Old Topuna was sitting at home. His son had gone off before daylight to hunt deer in the mountains. Titindi Maupa saw a great deal of venison and deer fat hanging around in all parts of the sweat-house.
He looked in from the top of the sweat-house, and saw the old man cutting meat, breaking bones, and taking marrow out of them. He went in. Topuna stood up to meet him, made a fire, cooked meat, put it in a basket, and set it down before Titindi Maupa. He gave him also fat and dried venison.
“I have food on the top of the sweat-house,” said Titindi Maupa. “I left my basket there.”
Topuna went and brought it, put it down, then ate of it himself. The visitor ate much, and the two sat long together talking and eating; sat till midday, when young Topuna came home. He had killed five deer and was glad.
“You came to see us,” said he, sitting down near the visitor.
“Yes,” answered Titindi Maupa, “and you will come soon, I hope, to my house. You will come to-night, perhaps?”
Topuna gave Titindi Maupa nice venison and deer fat,—a great deal of it. “Be light and small till he takes you home,” said Topuna to the meat; “then be as big as you now are or bigger.”
He gave the visitor a beautiful buckskin dress, and Titindi Maupa went home.