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material for warfare and hunting, to take back to his people at the 

 end of his four years' stay. 



After the Cheyenne had driven the wonderful boy from their 

 camp the whole country was visited by a four years' famine. The 

 people became weak, and were threatened with starvation. All 

 animals died of starvation. The people ate herbs. One day, as 

 they were traveling in search of food, five children lingered behind 

 in search of herbs and mushrooms. While they were eating them 

 there appeared the wonderful young man who had been driven from 

 the camp. The young man said, "My poor children, throw away 

 those mushrooms. It is I who brought famine among you, for I 

 was angry at your people, who drove me from their camp. I have 

 returned to provide for you, so that you shall not hunger in the 

 future. Go and gather for me some dried buffalo bones and I will 

 feed you." The boys ran and gathered buffalo bones and brought 

 them to him. The wonderful boy made a few passes over them, and 

 they were turned into fresh meat, and he fed the children with fat, 

 marrow, liver, and other parts of the buffalo. When they had eaten 

 all they wanted he gave them fat and meat and told them to take 

 it to their people and tell them that he, Motzeyouf, had returned, 

 and that they should no longer hunger. The boys all ran to the 

 camp that their parents had made in the mean time. By magic, how- 

 ever, Motzeyouf reached the camp first. He entered the lodge of his 

 uncle and lay down to rest, for he was tired. His uncle was sitting 

 outside his lodge with his wife, and they did not see Motzeyouf enter. 

 When the Cheyenne heard 'from the boys what had happened, they 

 became excited. All went to the lodge where Motzeyouf was. 

 They came to Motzeyouf's uncle and began to question him, but 

 his uncle knew nothing of what they said. His uncle's wife went 

 into the lodge to get a pipe, and she saw Motzeyouf lying 

 there, covered with a buffalo robe. She saw that his robe, 

 shirt, leggins, and moccasins were painted red. She ran out of 

 the lodge and told the men that some one was in there. The men 

 guessed that it was Motzeyouf, and they went inside. The uncle 

 asked the strange man to sit up, and then all cried over him. The 

 men observed that Motzeyouf had a bundle with him, and, knowing 

 that he had power, they asked him what they should do. He told 

 them to camp in a circle, and have a large tipi put up in the center 

 of the circle. He called all the medicine-men to bring their rattles 

 and pipes to him. He went to the tipi that was prepared for the 

 ceremony, and performed the ceremony and sang the sacred songs, 

 as he had been instructed. When he came to the .part relating to 



