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they took a deer skin and gave it to the girl for her husband, that it 

 might become the fat on his intestines (hinotaii^a). Then ihty gave 

 the girl an eagle tail feather to become the bull's tongue. They took an 

 eagle wing feather (haagii) which was stripped until only the tip re- 

 mained feathered ; this was to become his tail. Then they gave her two 

 bird claws, which were to be his horns. They gave her moccasins hav- 

 ing the hair on the inside, to become his kidneys, and mittens to become 

 the fat on the kidneys (haa"kahaana"). They gave her armlets (baesce- 

 nayaana"') to serve as his threat. Then they gave her a light bundle. 

 This was to be attached to his throat and to serve for his lungs. Then 

 they took a pointed cap. This was to be his heart. Then they gave her 

 mittens (^aaxa'^) to be the pericardium. They also gave her an awl- 

 case (beiha") to become the aorta (hiniig). Then they gave her 

 naetcehiitcaana" ("chief-pipes": pipe-stems used for making peace with 

 other tribes ; they have eagle feathers and weasel skins attached to them 

 and are kept wrapped up) . These were to become his jaws., They gave 

 her the hollow shell of a wild pumpkin filled with soft pith. This was 

 to be his skull and brains. Then they got a parfleche, which was to 

 become the white meat of the hind leg (na°k'tcaa"ba°) ; and a rawhide 

 food-bag was to become ^the black meat on the inside of the hind leg. 

 Next they gave a bow, to become his ribs, and a painted robe (ha°- 

 hasa"*), to become the fat on the back (nanii), the drawings on the 

 blanket being the veins. They took snow shoes and gave them to be his 

 hoofs. They gave strips hanging from the top of the war-bonnet, to be 

 the tendons of the neck (hitiita"), and the cloth of the war-bonnet to be 

 the muscles of the back. They gave knife scabbards to be the short 

 ribs (hiiahohuun). Then in order to please the bull they got a rope 

 of rawhide to become his intestine (higaa'bcuu). Then they gave wrist 

 guards (wa^toukuhuna"^) to become his ears. They gave a tobacco 

 bag, filled with finely ground tobacco, and with a pipe-stem projecting 

 from it, to become his scrotum and penis. They gave a goat horn filled 

 with pith for tinder (naa"saa"), to be his nose and nostrils; then a 

 twisted rawhide rope, which was to become the spinal cord and the 

 marrow of the bones. For his eyes they gave berries of hitcaTicihiha** 

 (berries used as medicine to make horses run rapidly). Then they gave 

 a shell gorget (beii) to be his larynx. They gave reeds (kakuyana") 

 to serve for his legs. All these objects were tied in a bundle with the 

 rope intended for his intestine. Then they also gave the girl a black- 

 bird to become a bunch of hair on his back. 



So the girl went to the bull and was received by him and lived with 

 him for some time. She wore a painted buffalo robe. At certain times 



