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and the ground around him was turned into soHd stone. Now as peo- 

 ple passed this monument of Found-in-Grass they would leave some- 

 thing in mercy for his protection, since he had changed into a stone. 



This changed Found-in-Grass is the symbol of a man watching 

 from the top of a hill, and is called an image (wahsahk) of the Su- 

 preme Being who has everything in the bag [sacred-bundle] for people. 

 The upright figure represents the man, and its body the earth with all 

 its vegetation. — D. 



Told by Tall-Bear. Cf. Nos. 140, 141, 142, 143, and note i, page 387. In a similar Wichita tale, 

 the second child was born from the placenta which was thrown from the point of a stick into the 

 river. The stick remained in the boy after birth. According to the Wichita tale, the monsters 

 killed were Spider-Woman, Thunder-Bird, Two-Headed-Monster, and Sea-Monster. The boys and 

 their father become stars. The Pawnee variant is somewhat similar to the Wichita, the tale being 

 called " Long-Tooth-Boy." The calling of the buffalo by means of the ring and the javelin game is 

 common to both Pawnee and Wichita. 



140. — Found-in-Grass. 



A man had a tipi by himself, with his wife, who was in the family 

 way. When he went out hunting in the daytime he told her that if 

 anybody cried at a distance, to give no heed. After the sun had set, 

 while she was sitting in the lodge, she heard a person crying or howling, 

 but did not pay any attention. The husband returned with game and 

 found his wife all right. The next morning he started out again, warn- 

 ing her. The night came on, the husband never returning. She heard 

 a person. Again she gave no heed. A little time after this, the hus- 

 band returned and found her contented. 



The next morning, after meal, he told his wife to keep in mind his 

 directions ; so he started oflf as usual, in search of game. The night 

 came on and this time, he was absent longer than the second time. 

 The woman heard a person crying or howling by the tipi and was 

 somewhat attracted, but made no answer. The husband finally came 

 home with plenty of game. She went out and unfastened the door. 



The fourth morning, the husband said to his wife: "Now I want 

 you to be careful of yourself. I shall be gone a farther distance to-day, 

 and shall probably be very late in coming home. Do not make answer 

 to anybody if you should hear any one call." So he started ofif. The 

 woman set herself to work inside of the tipi, occasionally doing things 

 outside in the daytime. The night came on. For a long time after 

 (lark the husband did not return. She was uneasy, restless and afraid. 

 She then heard a person howling, coming closer and closer to her tipi. 

 This person stopped right in front of the door and cried out, "How is 



