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ter sees near spring young man, wearing buffalo robe, who reminds her of what 

 she said to skull. She agrees to marry him. She goes to tipi for sewing 

 materials and on return to spring young man is buffalo bull, Bones-Together, 

 who carries her away on his shoulders and marries her. Previous husband 

 of daughter asks big eagle to help him to find wife. Eagle tells him Bones- 

 Together has wife and he lis all powerful. All animals but mole afraid of 

 Bones-Together. Moles carry man under ground to where bull was standing on 

 high hill, with, wife sitting sewing. Bones-Together goes for water. 

 Man springs out of hole, grabs his wife and goes back with her 

 underground. They come to river, down which they go in boat of willows. 

 Bones-Together tracks them as far as river and then calls for assistance. Man 

 and wife climb tree into Bald-Head Eagle's nest. Buffalo from all directions run 

 under tree and drop of woman's urine falls on last one. Buffalo sees man and 

 woman in tree and signals others to return. They try to butt tree down and 

 man and wife pray all animals to help them. Night hawk tells them where to 

 shoot at buffalo. Buffalo scatter in all directions and man and wife come down 

 and go home. 



19- — Red-Woman and the Deeds of Two Boys. 

 Red-Woman kills pregnant woman, cuts her open and finds twins. She 

 throws one behind tipi curtain and other into spring. "Thrown-behind-the-Cur- 

 tain" makes himself known to father. Ask? father to make him two bows and 

 arrows. Other boy is "Thrown-in-Spring," who has otter teeth. He is 

 caught by brother and father. They burn incense under his nose and he be- 

 comes human. Boys wake up mother. They go to places forbidden by father 

 and perform various exploits. Kill old woman who has a boiling pot which 

 draws living things into it when tilted. They are drawn into immense alligator- 

 like serpent, which they kill by cutting off its heart. They disable three trees 

 which bend down suddenly and kill things in their way. They go to snakes' 

 tipi and kill all snakes but one, whose head they flatten by rubbing against 

 cliff. By stratagem they escape being pushed over bank into water. Man 

 ifalls into water instead and is eaten by his father in water. They go 

 to man who wears moccasins of fire, take off moccasins while he sleeps and 

 burn him up. They are carried to top of mountain peak surrounded by lake 

 and Thunder-Bird tells them he wants them to kill long otter who lives in lake. 

 They shoot it with arrows and throw hot rocks down its throat and it dies. They 

 are carried home through air and live there for many years. 



20. — The Stump-Horn and the Bladder. 

 Hungry people hunting buffalo. Two poor boys, one having grandmother. 

 Boy with grandmother sends other boy to tell Chief to camp where they are 

 playing. Chief does so. Man says elk coming down river and chief asks boy 

 what to do. Boy tells htm to drive elk into sticking mud. Other boy tells chief 

 to bring him stump-horn of old elk, also its bladder. Chief sends all elk teeth 

 to boys. One of them returns them to chief for his daughter. Chief sends 

 for boys and gives them his two daughters. Some time after their marriage 

 chief sends word to boys through daughters that people will starve if meat cannot 

 be had. Boy who owns stump-horn and bladder directs large corral to be built. 

 Boys drive buffalo into corral on four occasions. Four times boys disappear 



