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she might be insulted and act contrary," said her father and mother. 

 Crow sat silent. He was of no use to the chief in the way ot providing 

 subsistence. 



"Well, grandmother, I wish you would get a long slender stick 

 of wood and peel it ofiF and also cut up a hide into small strings, any 

 length, and bring them to me," said Found-in-Grass. The old woman 

 did so, and brought the material to him. Found-in-Grass sat down and 

 made a small running wheel, representing animals. He also made arrow 

 sticks to go with the wheel. After he had finished it, he went outside 

 and looked around the horizon. "Now I want a good fat young steer 

 buffalo," said he, at the same time throwing the wheel on the ground 

 so as to make it revolve, and hitting it with one of the arrow sticks. 

 When the wheel stopped and lay on its side, there was a dead buffalo 

 steer. Every time he did this the wheel became larger, so also the buf- 

 falo. The old woman skinned the buffalo and delivered the beef to the 

 chief and relatives of this girl. They received the beef furnished, and 

 so became acquainted with Found-in-Grass' ability. During the day 

 he was not pretty, but the younger sister brought back prepared food 

 for him at night. His appearance changed. He looked so beautiful 

 and attractive that the girl fell in love with him. "My father and 

 mother, my future husband is surely pretty ; I like him and I want to 

 marry him sure," said the girl. "I would net have him," said the 

 older sister, in a sarcastic way. 



''Now, grandmother, you may go and tell the chief to erect stone 

 heaps, beginning from that precipice, and let there be two rows of 

 ihem about a good space apart. I want all the people to stand behind 

 these stone heaps and watch the herd of buffalo coming. When there are 

 plenty of buffalo, enough to supply the camp, all drive and corral 

 them until the whole herd is driven over the precipitous cliff," said 

 Found-in-Grass. Found-in-Grass, by running the wheel, caused the 

 buffalo to come from all directions into this corral. He was now a 

 different man, and he was well dressed. The people, thinking that they 

 had been provided with beef in poor way heretofore, waited and waited, 

 until there was a jam of buffalo in the corral. Then they began driv- 

 ing them to the high precipice, where they plunged over. All 

 the buffalo had fallen over the precipice. Everybody went down to 

 get skins and beef, any amount they liked. All the people fell in love 

 with Found-in-Grass for his good deed. 



When Found-in-Grass was skinning the beef for his future father- 

 in-law the elder sister was around, doing the work near him. The 

 younger sister would say, "You go to Crow, your husband ; he needs 



