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eye they are to kill him. Mountain-Lion comes and asks for girl. Man says she 

 is not there and he goes nearer. Man looks at him with left eye and dogs kill 

 him in no time. 



17. — The Rolling Head. 



Chief has two girls, one of whom, Michihi, is married to boy. Two days 

 afterwards boy goes hunting for scalps with man who has mourning ceremony. 

 Party comes to village and boy with some others goes to chief's tipi. Boy mar- 

 ries chief's daughter. Friends return home and say boy has been killed. His 

 wife mourns for him, and will not forget him. While crying in timber, Wood- 

 pecker tells her boy is not dead but has married pretty girl in another village. 

 Woodpecker offers to take her there. Girl goes home, makes moccasins and 

 takes sister-in-law to where bird is. Next day they start, and on eleventh day 

 bird says that at noon they will see village from hill. Bird starts home and 

 girls go through village. Boy and new wife see them and boy says he was 

 forced to marry her. Boy's father-in-law goes to meet them, and after being told 

 the circumstances takes girl as his oldest daughter. They stay about a year. 

 Man goes hunting. First wife jumps into creek, her head only being visible. 

 She tells sister-in-law to put head in bundle and take her to husband and wife 

 and to lay her between them. She does so and head swallows both of them 

 and her stepfather and stepmother. Sister-in-law starts home with head, which 

 tells her to throw head into hollow tree with raccoon in it. Little girl afraid, 

 but does so, and then defecates by tree. Head asks if little girl there and excre- 

 ment says yes. Head starts after little girl who throws grease on ground sev- 

 eral times and head eats it, but afterwards follows. Little girl crosses creek and 

 comes to two old women roasting acorns. Head comes and old women say they 

 have not seen little girl. They make pot of boiling water and throw head into 

 it and kill it. Little girl gets home all right. 



18. — The Old Woman and the Grasshopper. 



Old Woman and Grasshopper live together. Old woman plays sick and 

 says she wants big animal to bury her. Grasshopper loses grandmother and goes 

 to herd of Buffalo. He brings one to dig grave. Buffalo digs deep and Grass- 

 hopper kills him. He butchers Buffalo and old woman comes to life again. 



19. — The Old Woman and the Orphan Boy. 



Orphan boy living with grandmother is hungry for meat. Old woman tells 

 him to go to Buffalo and say she is dead and wants two big Buffalo to bury 

 her. Boy comes crying to Buffalo and tells them. Two Buffalo defecate and 

 make meat and tallow for him. Leader sends him to another herd. Boy goes, 

 and when old Buffalo hears what he wants he sends him to pick out two Buffalo. 

 He does so and starts home with them. Old woman makes out that she is 

 dead. Boy tells Buffalo to dig grave deep and when they get down about ten 

 feet, old woman kills them. They butcher buffalo and boy takes feet and makes 

 tracks back to hill to deceive Buffalo coming to see about it. 



20. — The Rabbit and the Picture. 



Men dig well and go home. Rabbit comes to get drink. Men see Rabbit's 

 tracks and study what to do. Rabbit comes again. When men see tracks again, 



