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way his uncles went. Boy starts with bow and arrows and comes to well- 

 tanned tipi. He knows danger there. Old woman sees him and asks him ta 

 come and trample on her backbone. Light-Stone consents, and goes to her. 

 He barely puts his foot on old woman's back and she tells him to get on- with 

 both feet. He walks about on back and steps on sharp spike, but since his 

 body comes from stone it overpowers sting and he becomes large stone, having 

 enormous weight. Old woman asks him to get off, but ht refuses and, in- 

 creasing his weight, crushes her body, telling her he is paying her back for 

 destroying his uncles. Light- Stone piles wood on old woman and sets fire to 

 her. Sparks from her body fly away and light at short distance, saying. 

 "Light-Stone cannot injure me." He goes and takes up sparks and throws 

 them back on fire, until Vhole body is in ashes. Light-Stone, with bow and 

 two red and two black arrows erects willow sweat-lodge. At short distance 

 from sweat-lodge, he shoots black arrow up in air and tells uncles to get out 

 of lodge. Lodge moves at bottom. Then he shoots red arrow and tells uncle'> 

 to get away. He then shoots black arrow, again addressing words, and lodge 

 moves at sides. He shoots last red arrow and six uncles come out alive 

 again. Light-Stone tells uncles who he is and what he has done. After thank- 

 ing and kissing him, they go back and sister meets them near tipi. She kisses 

 her brothers and son and they are at peace. Old woman comes to tipi, with 

 iron digging stick and big bag. After addressing them she drops heavy bag 

 on ground and says she is going to take it inside— it is sacred bag and she is 

 its owner and therefore she can open it, but it is prohibited to others. There is 

 something inside that she will not let them see. Young men go on hunt and 

 sister with boy go to hill to watch for their return. Sister sees old woman go 

 out and look around and she becomes suspicious of her. She sends boy to ■ 

 see why she did so and he tells mother that old woman possesses cruel feeling 

 toward human beings and he will play trick on her. Boy turns into wood- 

 pecker and lights on tipi pole and pecks, which makes old woman hide contents 

 of bag. She goes out to see what it is and sees bird pecking at pole. She goes 

 back. She opens bag and spreads out men's costumes, and says seven men and one 

 woman should have plenty of hair about them to finish skirts and leggings. She 

 says she will wait a little longer and then kill them all. Woodpecker informs 

 mother. On return of young men from hunt all are secretly informed of 

 danger. They plan to get rid of old woman and bag. Son tells old woman 

 to go and dig potatoes. After she has gone young men gather wood and place 

 bag on top and set fire to it. Wind blows toward old woman and she smells 

 odor of bag. She runs to fire and with iron digging stick pokes bag out. She 

 unties it and finds two human testes uninjured, cover of shield is burnt up, 

 but inside iron disc is all right. She takes headdress of two human testes, 

 ties them together and ties them back of her head. She takes iron digging stick 

 and shield and begins fighting young men. They shoot at her, but arrows come 

 'bounding back from iron shield. Light- Stone advances to her, shoots at head- 

 dress, hits it in center. She falls dead. They put her into fire again and she is 

 burned up to ashes. They all agree to return and soon reach camp-circle. Sis- 

 ter attracts young man and she is married with consent of brothers. She gives 

 birth to girl. Family has now prettiest young man and girl. Young man has 

 separate bed on west side of tipi. During nights, young girls come in to sec 

 him. They, ask him to take a wife. Parents say he is too young to marry. 



