“That day the hunter beat off all the rival bucks, and kept his wife and also all her sisters and cousins for himself. He hurt many of his brothers-in-law in fighting. The Deer people had shamans who healed the wounds of those hurt in battle, and they were busy throughout the rutting-season. In this way they acted until the end of the rut, and the hunter was the champion during the whole season. In due time his wife gave birth to a son.”

— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 66 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan