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afraid of him, for they could do nothing with him, but they still 

 watched for him every day. One day they saw him appear on the 

 top of a nearby hill. Every, one's attention was attracted, and they 

 went out to see him. He came to the top of the hill five times, and 

 each time he was in a different dress. First he appeared in the Red 

 Shield warrior's dress. He had a head-dress made out of buffalo 

 skin; he had horns, a spear, a red shield, and two buffalo tails tied 

 on each arm. The second time he appeared in the Coyote warrior's 

 dress. His body was painted black and yellow, with two eagle 

 feathers sticking up on his head. The third time he appeared in 

 the Dog-Men warrior's dress. He had on a feathered head-dress, an 

 eagle bone whistle, a rattle of buffalo hoof, and a bow and arrows. 

 The fourth time he appeared in the dress of the Hoof-Rattle warriors. 

 His body was painted, and he carried a rattle to sing by, also a spear 

 about eight feet long, with a crook at one end, the end of the shaft 

 being bent in semicircular form. The fifth time he appeared with 

 his body painted white, and on his forehead he wore a white owl 

 skin. 



After his fifth appearance the wonderful boy disappeared en- 

 tirely. No one knew where he went, and he was soon forgotten, 

 and people thought him dead. He was gone four years. He traveled 

 alone into the highest peaks of the mountains. As he drew hear to 

 a certain peak a door opened for him to enter. He passed through 

 the door into the earth, and the opening closed after him. There 

 he found men of all tribes, sitting .around in a large circle. Each man 

 represented a tribe, and had a bundle. There was one bundle present 

 that was unaccompanied, and as the Cheyenne entered all welcomed 

 him and pointed him to the unoccupied seat under the bundle that 

 was wrapped in fox skin. Before taking this seat the head man 

 explained to him what he would expect of his people if he took the 

 seat under the bundle, which was going to be his to take back to his 

 people. The head man told him that he would have to stay here 

 under the earth with them for four years, receiving instructions; 

 that he was to become the prophet and counsellor of the Cheyenne. 

 As the Cheyenne followed his instructions and accepted the bundle 

 all the men gave thanks to him. The Cheyenne sat down, and when 

 his turn came to perform his bundle ceremony, they took down his 

 bundle and went through the sacred ceremonies and sacred songs 

 of his bundle, all in order. When they opened his bundle for him, 

 there were four medicine-arrows, each arrow representing something. 

 They gave the young man instructions concerning the order of the 

 bundle ceremony, and sacred songs in order, prophecies, magic, and 



