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10. — Lime-Crazy. 



Big-Chief of camp-oircle has lazy brother. People ridicule him. Big- 

 Chief feels insulted, tells brother to be more particular, to get acquainted with 

 women. One morning brother dresses carefully and goes to river. Two 

 joung women come, he asks for drink, and persuades one to go with him. 

 Often seen on hill-tops. Entices women into brush. People complain, but as 

 his brother is Big-Chief, nobody molests him. People go to Big-Chief and 

 ask him to expel young man. Big-Chief tells people to do as they like. 

 They take him to deep river, bind his hands and throw him into deep water. 

 He comes out of water and walks away. They catch him again, bind his hands 

 and tie a heavy stone to him and throw bim into deep water. Again he es- 

 capes and returns to annoy wives of head men and warriors. Big-Chief deter- 

 mines to get rid of brother and become sole chief. Asks brother to go hunting. 

 They go and Big-Chief kills fat buffalo. He tells brother to watch. Breaks 

 twig of tree and gives it to brother to drive away flies from meat. Young 

 man walks around from right to left, driving flies. Big-Chief tells him to 

 do so till he returns with dogs. Big-Chief does not return, but brother keeps 

 •on walking around driving flies away. After lapse of three or four years peo- 

 ple think young man is dead and begin to abuse Big-Chief's authority. They 

 take his dogs, tipi, everything — tell him to go outside camp-circle and remain 

 ^ there, that he is no longer a chief. Wife asks Big-Chief to search for brother. 

 On reaching place they only see top of brother's head and branch which he. is 

 «till waving. Big-Chief tells him to come out of ground, but he refuses, as he 

 was told to drive flies away. Bag-Chief returns home. Fourth time Big-Chief 

 and wife go to brother. They tell him of their poor condition and ask him to 

 leave pit. Young man jumps out and all start for camp-circle. Young men 

 are dancing in tipi. Young brother has lean-back club-board when he came 

 out of pit. He tells sister-in-law to take board to tipi and tell dancers he has 

 returned. She tells young man outside of tipi, who says they do not want to 

 hear of him, and sends her away. Brother-in-law tells her to take club-board 

 in to dancers and tell them of his return. She goes into tipi, but they call her 

 crazy and tell her to go home. Brother-in-lajv sends her again, but men hit 

 her with tallow, greasing her dress. She tells brother-in-law and they go 

 there together. The men call her a liar when she again says her brother-in- 

 law has returned, and just then Lime-Crazy steps in, carrying clu'b-board.. 

 He makes men sit in row with legs to fire and tells sister-in-law to strike 

 shin bones of young men, which woman does. Lime-Crazy and sister-in-law 

 then return to tipi and get what they need. Big-Chief and wife do as they are 

 told and soon have plenty of everything. Tliey live happy and are treated • 

 respectfully by the people, but people still have prejudice against Lime-Crazy. 

 Three young men persuade him to go out for hunt. They come to big river and 

 tell Lime-Crazy that across river are some eagles' nests. They make boat 

 and cross river, and after searching for eagles the young men recross river, 

 leaving Lime-Crazy behind. Lime-Crazy, well supplied with eagle feathers, 

 seeks his companions, but finds he is deserted. Wandering along bank of 

 river he hears swift-hawk talking to him. telling him to go up river to grand- 

 father, Father-of-Waters, Hinchabeet, who would pack him across, but he is 

 to put bunch of eagle feathers on his head and when something occurs at 



