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plastered that one eye with mud, and the mud has dried up and is 

 about to come off. You come and see him and be convinced !" "Shame 

 on you, daughter ! Do you think I would go in my son-in-law's tipi ! 

 No ! You may take his breakfast and wake him up," said the mother. 

 "No, mother, I am quite positive that it is my own father. Come with 

 me and see him yourself! He is fast asleep," said the daughter. So 

 the mother went out, and with her daughter, entered the tipi. The girl 

 went in first, but the mother hesitated, saying, "Daughter, it is dis- 

 graceful for me to go into my son-in-law's tipi !" "Oh, he is sleeping 

 yet ! Come in !" said the girl, opening the door. 



At last, the mother went in, and saw that the man was her former 

 husband, and that he had plastered one of his eyes in order to deceive 

 his own daughter. All at once she grabbed him by the hair and 

 pulled him off the bed. He was asking mercy in the Sioux language 

 and in the sign language, but while he was struggling to get away, the 

 ■ clay plaster dropped to the ground. He immediately picked it up and 

 tried to hide it. The wife beat him unmercifully, so that he had to 

 admit who he was. (That is the way it shall be done with fathers who 

 deceive their daughters.) 



The wife said when she began to beat him, "You scoundrel ! You 

 come here as One-Eyed-Sioux to sleep with your own daughter ! Shame 

 on you !" "My wife, you have beat me sufficiently, and I feel the 

 pain now. Will you please stop!" said he. "But I want you not to 

 tell anybody. Keep this a secret," said the man. 



This refers to the immorality of the people nowadays. When an 

 Indian is caught in incest with his own daughter, he is either killed, 

 or his name is immediately dropped and people cease to respect him. 

 The story also shows how the father, before his death, makes plans 

 for his daughter's marriage. — D. 



Told by Little Chief. Cf. No. 42. In tlie Ute version One-Eye(J-Sioux is replaced by Coyote 

 (see Kroeber, Journ. Am. Folk-Lore, 1901, p. 268). ' 



44. — -Nih'a'^ca'^ and the Seven Sisters.* 



Seven women started out, looking fcr a new country, all loaded 

 with their property. They made a camp for the night. In the morn- 

 ing one was missing. The oldest one said : "It is far away where 

 we are going ; I told my younger sister so. She ought to have said : 

 'Let me stay at home.' " They started and went on again, and in the 

 evening made camp. Next morning another one was missing, to- 



' From informant A. Text, 



