Abstracts — Dorsey and Kroeber. 431 



40. — One- Eyed- Sioux and his Mother-in-Law. 



One-eyed-Sioux goes to war accompanied by his mother-in-law. He 

 pretends to be cold, and she successively gives him her blankets, in eodem 

 lectu quiescit, eumque secum coire sinit. Puer nascitur. On his return One- 

 eyed-Sioux tells the people that he captured the boy. — K. 



41. — NiH'A'^gA'* USURPS A Father's Place; Origin of Death. 



Man and wife with son and daughter, camp alone. Man hunting finds, 

 on peak eagle's nest, with two young eagles. Eagle flies from nest, and man 

 gets stick and walks near nest and stops, looking up. Young eagles peep' 

 out, opening mouths. Nih a^Qa"* comes and advises man to climb up peak and 

 get young eagles; says he will want. Man climbs peak, tries to push eagles out 

 of nest. Nih'a"ga" secretly commands peak to increase its height. It stretches. 

 This he does several times until peak is very high. Man looks down. Gets 

 frightened; can't get down. Nih'a'^ga'^ takes weapon and clothes and goes off 

 towards man's tipi. Tells wife about husband's condition, and that man had 

 told him to take man's wife and children as hiis own Woman consents. 

 Nih'a'^qa" is very kind, but soon scolds chilldren and wife. Woman tell* 

 the story and whole camp moves in search for husband. At foot of peak 

 beads found lying on ground (man's tears). People get geese to look for 

 man. They find him in struggling condition, very poor. He tells what hap- 

 pened. Geese with man on their backs fly, and land him in safety. Man comes 

 to tipi. Niha'^qa" is out. He tells wife he is going to kill Nih'a^qa". He 

 enters parfleche, taking a knife. Nib'S^ga"! takes seat with wife awaiting meal. 

 Husband works himself out of parfleche, jumps on Nih'a°(jai» and kills him. 

 Body is cut up and thrown out. Niha^ga"* comes alive again, walks to big lake 

 and rests. To see whether children 'will live after death he throws, first stick, 

 then buffalo chip, in water, both of which come to surface, and he says people 

 will live. He throws pebble in water and it sinks ; he says children will be gone 

 forever. — D. 



42. — NiH'ANgA'' AND HIS DAUGHTER. 



Nih'a°ga'i pretends to die and is buried. Returning disguised to his family,, 

 he marries his own daughter. He is discovered and his wife beats hiim. — K. 



43. — One-Eyed-Sioux and his Daughter. 



Man and wife camp alone with handsome daughter. Father devises plan to- 

 have connection with her. He is suddenly ill. Daughter sits by bedside, 

 wanting on him. He tells her he wishes if he dies to be hung on tree. He 

 then says he wants her to marry whosoever comes to them on the way back to 

 camp-circle. Daughter decides to obey hiqi. Father also tells wife, and that 

 at end of four days' mourning they may come to see him for last time. One 

 day man partly closes his eyes. Wife and daughter decide he is dead. They 

 carry him to tree and prepare his body as he directed. Mother and daughter 

 leave burial place as directed. They break camp and 'journey until sunset. 

 After they have gone he works himself out of his wrappings. He then cuts 



