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Usage examples of antelope.

And Fox Little Boy crawled in between Bear and Antelope under the rabbit-skin blanket and was soon fast asleep.

They went in, Bear and Antelope stooping under the lintel in the doorway and Fox stooping also.

So Bear signaled to Antelope and she came and knelt by the side of Bear and Fox.

Bear went across first to test the depth -- the water reached only to his knees -- then Antelope went across and they called back to Fox to take off his moccasins and hurry up.

Bear with his pack, Antelope with the baby Quail in her cradle-board, Fox Boy with the spear that his father had made for him.

NEXT MORNING while they were sitting around the fire eating acorn mush and rabbit ham and little round roasted balls made from the nuts of the laurel tree pounded into paste, Antelope and Bear started to argue.

Oriole was cleaning the baby Quail, Fox was helping her, and Antelope was packing the jerky.

The Bear family were lagging far behind, that is, Coyote, Bear, and Antelope, because Fox Boy was keeping up with the other two and jog-trotting uphill.

Fox Boy and Oriole Girl in the lead, then Grandfather Coyote with his walking staff, then Antelope with the baby Quail on her back, and last the Bears carrying heavy packs.

Bear party came in sight around the bend, Grizzly, and Bear, and Antelope, and Old Man Coyote.

Then Antelope caught it and she started swaying and curtseying to Bear and Grizzly.

Meanwhile, the children, Fox and Oriole, had made friends with the Antelope children, and soon they were all playing together.

The Antelope children had throwing-sticks, and these they threw with much the same motion as spears.

The Antelope people were glad to stop and rest and talk with the others.

Then each one of the Antelope men and women spoke in turn, and each agreed to go along with the Bear party.