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and the man took the brains out and ordered her to make a good pem- 

 mican. She did so. "Nt>w, partner, take this and eat it," said the 

 visitor. — D. 



Told by Adopted. For the changing of bark, etc., into food, see also No. 14S. It may be 

 noted in this connection that in a Wichita story of Hawk and Four Dogs, the meat which had served 

 as food changed into the bark of trees. 



61. — Nih'a'^can imitates his Host.' 



Nih'a"ca'' arrived at a tent that stood alone. "Well, Nih'a^^a", 

 where are you going?" the man said to him. ''My friend, you have 

 come to me at the wrong time, but what I can give you, you shall have 

 to eat, so come in." Then Nih'a^qa*^ went in. "Let the food come 

 down," said the man. "Let the food come down," he said again. "lAtt 

 the food come down," he said. "Let the food come down," he said the 

 fourth time. When he had called the fourth time, meat of all kinds fell 

 down in front of the tent. "Come, give Nih'a°9a° his food," the man 

 said to his wife. 



Then Nih'a^ga" said : "You and I, my friend, are alike. We have 

 the same power. You in your turn must come over to my tent." After 

 he had finished eating, he went back to his tent. He said to his wife : 

 "Hurry, old woman, load your children with food. He is coming to us 

 in order to eat." Then he told his children : "When I call four times 

 all of you drop your bags of food in front of the tent. Listen and re- 

 member well what I tell you." Then the man arrived where Nih'a"ga° 

 had his tent. "Heii, bring the food," said Nih^a°9a'^. Four times he 

 called thus. After he had finished saying it four times, his children, 

 however, did not come. "Well, miserable children, I wonder what they 

 are doing," he said, and went outside. Then, behold ! his children 

 were all fast asleep — although he had said that he was a medicine-man. 

 Having found them, he beat them severely. — K. 



62. — NiH'X'^gA^ and the Uwarf.^ 



Nih'a^ga" was going down the river. He found a dwarf standing 

 up. He stopped, looked at him, and wondered for some time. Then he 

 determined to kill the dwarf. He seized him and threw him on the 

 ground. The dwarf fell and appeared dead ; his eyes were shut and 

 his breath did not come. Then Nih'a°(;a° took him on his back and 

 carried him homeward. As he went through the timber the dwarf 

 seized a limb and held it fast. Nih'a"qa'' pulled with all his might and 



» From a text, informant A. 

 'Informants I. 



