378 Field Columbian Museum — Anthropology, Vol. V. 



in the camp, in honor of his victory and scalps. Nih'a^^a"^ felt himself a 

 different man, and twice he went on the war-path and returned victor- 

 ious. Each time he massacred a nation or enemy. The same kind of 

 enjoyments were being indulged in after each return. 



The fourth time he went out and met an enemy's camp. After 

 failing to kill a person at the outskirt of the camp-circle, they made a 

 furious charge upon him. He was killing the people (men, women 

 and children) without much difficulty, until he was finally shot dead. 

 They gathered around him, wondering at his body. One of them said, 

 'T wonder what this bag is for!" shooting at it. From this bag there 

 came out warriors, charging upon the people with fury. The people 

 were soon massacred and Nih'a^ga'^ was killed, because he had neg- 

 lected to open the bag. (The porcupine quills are kept in the bladders 

 for the reason that those brave warriors came out of there; also 

 because they cannot penetrate the hide.) These men, from the blad- 

 der porcupine bag, taking several scalps with them, returned 

 to the camp. Within a short distance from the camp-circle, one 

 or two of the head warriors cried like wolves to the people ; in- 

 dicating a return of the war-party. The people were all in great 

 excitement ; some went to the hills to witness the parade ; others, 

 women and children, stood in front of their tipis, watching anxiously 

 for the parade of the warriors. Finally, there came a glorious sight 

 of warriors, parading (as at the Sun-dance) around the camp-circle, 

 both outside and inside. The warriors had war bonnets, war lances, 

 shields of various kinds, bows and arrows and other weapons, and 

 horses fixed up in gayety and painted in various paints. 



When the news reached Found-in-Grass that Nih'a^qa^ had been 

 killed in battle, he knew at once that he had neglected the bag. After 

 the warriors had paraded the camp, they went to Found-in-Grass' tipi. 

 and were put away in a new bladder bag (porcupine bag). Found-in- 

 Grass then searched for the dead body, and found it in the battlefield. 

 Miraculously, Nih'a°<;a° was resurrected by Found-in-Grass and 

 brought back to the tribe. — D. 



Told by Little- Wolf. Cf. No<=. 139 and 140. 



142. — Found-in-Grass." 



A man was camping alone. As he went off to hunt he told his 

 wife : "Listen, Do net look at the one who will come to you here. 

 He is powerful ; he is a person with tangled hair and i^ difficult to 

 please in regard to trays. He will make a noise when he comes here, 



• From a text told by informant B. The title given the story was Open-brain or Tangled-hair. 



