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and blows acorn tree off boy's stomach. He is all right. They uncover things 

 and find blankets, clothing, food, etc. They build lodge. Four men come and 

 are given dinner, blankets and everything they can carry. Men tell people at 

 their camp and they all return to village. Father, mother and sisters come and 

 cry, but they will not let them enter lodge. After a while they let them in and 

 girl gives them of everything they have. 



31.— The Boy, the Arrow and the Ducks. 



Four men live together. Two brothers have two arrows. Older brother 

 tells younger not to shoot any birds, nor use arrow, as, if he did, bird will carry 

 it away. Younger boy shoots at Eagle, but misses it. Brother says if he uses 

 arrow he will see hard days. Bald-Headed-Eagle and various other birds come 

 on successive days and young boy shoots at them all without hitting. Then Red- 

 Duck comes, and boy shoots all his arrows at it. He then goes and gets arrow 

 brother had told him not to shoot. He shoots and hits duck in breast. Duck 

 carries arrow away. Boy cries all day, and when others return from hunting he 

 is missing. He starts after arrow, following Duck. He walks year and comes 

 to village. He goes to chief's tipi and learns that Red-Duck had passed through 

 there two days ago. Chief gives him pair of moccasins. Boy reaches several 

 other villages in succession and learns that Red-Duck had passed through so 

 many days before. At last he comes to village which Red-Duck was through 

 at noon that day. Boy goes on and comes to big water. After asking Brown- 

 Duck and then White-Duck to stretch legs across water he finally crosses by 

 walking on Red-Duck's legs. Boy finds thousands of birds, who welcome him. 

 They say they had been trying for long time to get his brother's arrow and 

 finally Red-Duck got it. They bring him blankets to take home for his brothers. 

 They twist four blankets together in bundle and place arrow in it. Boy crosses 

 again by Red-Duck's legs and sets out for home. His brothers untie bundle and 

 find arrow with blankets. 



32. — The Boy and the Mountain-Lion. 



Mountain-Lion-Man goes scalp hunting with war-party and has leg frozen. 

 They leave him with food and forget him. Two Mountain-Lions come after 

 him and carry him on their backs to their den. Male and female Mountain- 

 Lions take him for their boy. They feed him deer, wild turkey and buffalo. 

 Finally they get iron-gray horse to take boy home and go with him. They find 

 his people and give him toe-nail to use when he wants to be Mountain-Lion. 

 His folks are glad to see him and he becomes leader of scalping parties. Moun- 

 tain-Lions tell boy to get something from people. People become afraid of him. 

 He takes pretty girls, buffalo and horses from them. He tells boy to give him 

 buffalo and go and hunt another one. Boy refuses and man goes after boy. 

 They are both Mountain-Lion men. Boy overpowers man and kills him. He 

 goes and takes one of man's wives. Other people go and get their horses, but 

 boy picks out best for himself. 



33. — The Boy and the Owl. 



Baby boy is always crying at night and mother puts him outside of lodge. 

 Owl takes baby to his nest. Boy hears owl halloo and then another halloo, as 



