Odjibwa ran home, and got all his own and his brother's arrows and shot them all away.

He then stood and gazed at the beautiful bird.

While standing, he remembered his brother's saying that in their deceased father's medicine-sack were three magic arrows.

Off he started, his anxiety to kill the swan overcoming all scruples.

At any other time, he would have deemed it sacrilege to open his father's medicine-sack; but now he hastily seized the three arrows and ran back, leaving the other contents of the sack scattered over the lodge.