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This Hairy-Face died about twenty-seven years ago, in Wyoming. 

 She was the grandmother of Black- White-Man, of Oklahoma, living 

 yet, on the South Canadian. She would not eat fish, water turtles or 

 other water animals. She would not allow anybody to bring the ani- 

 mals into her tipi against her will. One day this grandson, Black- 

 White-Man said that he was going to bring some fish into her tipi. The 

 old woman said that if he wanted to see her die soon, he could do it. 

 So, as is the general thing with young boys, who do not know the 

 "sacred promise" given by the old woman, he brought in the fish, and 

 soon afterwards the old woman, Hairy-Face, died. The relatives and 

 friends of this old woman felt sorry for what this young boy, Black- 

 White-Man, had done. The people used to laugh at the old woman, 

 but as they saw her wonderful actions, and as she was at the same time 

 a woman doctor, they have placed their confidence and reverence toward 

 her ever since. — D. 



Told by Adopted. The Pawnee have a similar tale. 



74. — The Water Monster.* 



There was a tent in which lived a man and his wife. The man 

 went out hunting and killed a buffalo cow. He began to butcher her, 

 cut off her limbs, and opened the body to see if she had a calf. He 

 found her with calf, cut out the uterus, and laid it aside. Then he 

 cut up the meat in the direction of the muscle fibers. When he had 

 cut it into pieces of the proper length and size, he opened the uterus, 

 bruising the head of the calf. The calf, looking at him, said : "What 

 do you mean?" 'T did not wish to do anything to your mother, nor did 

 I mean to hurt you," the man said rnuch frightened. He took only one 

 rib with him for meat for his wife. When he got to the top of a hill 

 he looked back to the place he had left and saw that the calf was fol- 

 lowing him. He ran until he reached his tent and entered it. His 

 wife asked him : "Why do you bring so little?" He said: "I became 

 tired and left the load and brought only a small piece for you." So 

 she gave him old meat. But he could eat nothing, for his mind was on 

 the calf that had followed him. After he had eaten a little, he told his 

 wife to sleep towards the fire and he slept against the wall, for he was 

 •afraid. It became very cold and began to snow. During the night 

 both of them heard the crunching of the snow as somebody walked and 

 walked around outside and at last came in. Much frightened, they 

 pretended to be asleep. The man looked at the animal that had en- 

 tered, and a shining — its look — came directly to his face and blinded 



1 Informant I. 



