October, 1903. Traditions of the Crows — Simms. 313 



As the man left the younger grandson, the boy had hid some of the 

 fat in his blanket. When the chief said to the boy that he must have 

 killed the cow, the boy denied and the chief killed him on the spot. The 

 chief took up the boy's body and slid it over the ice, saying, "Father, 

 here is something for you to eat." As the boy's body was sliding over 

 the ice to an air hole, the fat he had in his blanket fell out. When the 

 boy fell into the air hole the father of the bad chief, instead of. eating 

 the boy, took pity on him and restored him to life and gave him a bear 

 skin robe, made some arrows and marked each arrow with yellow, 

 black and blue (medicine colors), and told the boy to kill his son, the 

 chief. 



When he came out, he picked up the fat he had dropped on the ice 

 and went to the place where he had cached the choice bits of meat, and 

 finished butchering the buffalo cow. He took the meat and went to his 

 grandmother's tipi, where they were mourning for him. With the 

 meat, his grandmother and the two grandsons had a good supper. The 

 next morning, he said to his grandmother, "Put out the choice pieces 

 of meat and dry them and do not hide them." 



The next morning, when the chief saw smoke coming out of the 

 tipi, he sent his wife (the sister-in-law of the boy), and told her to see 

 what the grandmother and two boys were doing. When she reached 

 the tipi she looked in and saw the grandmother and the two grand- 

 children eating good buffalo meat. She returned to the chief and told 

 him what she had seen and the chief sent his wife again and told her 

 to bring all the meat to him. She told the grandmother and the two 

 boys that the chief wanted the meat. The grandmother and the older 

 brother were about to give the meat to the woman for the chief, but the 

 younger boy said, "The chief is strong and can use his arrows and can 

 go after his own meat." The woman told the chief that the little boy 

 refused to give him (the chief) the meat, and for the chief to get his 

 own meat. 



Soon after this, another big buffalo hunt was held, when the little 

 boy and his brother killed two of the best buffalo and butchered them. 

 One of the ten men selected by the chief saw the boys butchering the 

 buffalo and demanded the best parts. The boys refused to give any 

 to the man, who told the chief. 



Soon afterwards, a big elk killing was made, when the little boy 

 killed two elks and took the teeth and the best parts. Again one of the 

 ten men of the chief demanded the teeth and the best parts of the elk 

 for the chief, and again the little boy refused, and told the man not to 

 come there again. 



