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middle of river, he must blow bone whistle and make sudden leap in air, after 

 tying last bunch of feathers. This happens and Lime-Crazy blows whistle, he 

 leaps straight up in river and water follows him. He touches sky and lands 

 on hill -top. Water finally recedes and man gets back to camp-circle. — D. 



II. — Lime-Crazy. 



A younger brother is inactive and untidy. His older brother, a chief, 

 urges him to become different. Then the young man makes love indiscrimi- 

 nately and his ol^er brother has to pay large fines. He, resolves to destroy 

 liim and abandons him on the hunt. Being punished by the people, he tries 

 to induce the younger brother to return, but fails. His wife succeeds. The 

 old men abuse her for announcing that her brother-in-law has returned. The 

 young man appears and punishes them. He restores his older brother to chief- 

 tainship and wealth. The older brother abandons him again, but the young 

 man is instructed by a hawk how to cross a river on a water monster's back, and 

 returns home. He is finally lost in a snow storm. — K. . 



12. — Origin of the Buffalo Lodge. 



Near big camp-circle herd of buffalo surrounded. Small herd trying 

 to escape is led by swift young steer. Steer attracts attention of woman, who 

 says she wishes she could marry him. Steer understands. She repeats wish. 

 Steer again hears. Chase ended, steer goes back into big herd. Mother boil- 

 ing bones for tallow calls daughter (just married) to go after water. She 

 starts without robe. Beautiful young man comes from bush, reminds girl of admi- 

 ration for young steer and tells her he is animal. Girl admits she said she wished 

 she could marry him. They start off togeJ:her and follow creek, near mouth of 

 which is scabby bull. Young man addresses Scabby-Bull as father and asks if 

 he can produce things needed by his daughter-in-law. Scabby-Bull tells her 

 to close her eyes and then vomits out buckskin dress and many other articles 

 of wearing apparel. Young girl dresses up in them and looks very attractive. 

 They cross creek and travel on. They halt at small divide. Husband tells 

 wife to sit down and close her eyes. When she looks up she sees steer three 

 years old, well formed, with bright horns, well pointed. Young man (buffalo; 

 walks away, wife following. They travel on to camp-circle of buffalo. They go 

 to steer's parents. Buffalo used to eat people. Old people ask what woman 

 cats and club to death mak calf, which she eats. Young buffalo come to 

 ■see vvoman, making husband jealous. He does not allow her to go out by herself. 

 Mother of runaway girl wonders what has become of her. Inquiry is made 

 to see who has eloped with her. Husband grieves, goes to distant hill to 

 mourn, fasts. Gopher asks what troubles him and tells of a way to get wife 

 back. He is to get two red and two black arrows. Gopher directs him to 

 cre-ct arrows in line from gopher hole. Gopher goes underground and reaches 

 arrows in succession. Gopher carries them with him in search of woman until 

 he reaches tipi where young girl is sitting. Gopher gets right behind door 

 tipi pole and peeps around to see eloped wife. He hears wife tell husband to 

 take her out. Goes on ahead underground and makes circular hole deep 

 enough for her. As she sits down. Gopher tells her he has come to get her 

 home. Directs her to place arrows around hole — two black ones on south and 



