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98. — The Bear and the Skunk. 



Bear going along road meets skunk. They dispute as to right of way. 

 Skunk finally says bear cannot make him get out of road and cannot kill him 

 cither — he has only one vital spot. Bear asks what is vital spot. Skunk re- 

 plies that when they want to kill him they get behind him and look closely at 

 his rectum. Skunk turns around and lifts tail and bear looks. Skunk tells bear 

 to open eyes wide and take good glance and he (skunk) will be dead. Bear 

 does so an4 skunk defecates into his eyes. He staggers oflf road and falls on 

 ground, while skunk yells for victory and runs off. — D. 



99. — The Quarreling Porcupines. 



A war-party hear what they think is a woman crying. They find two 

 porcupines acting like persons. — K. 



100. — The Painted Porcupine. 



Wife doing much quilled work but not enough quills to finish. Daughter 

 hears of painted porcupine and goes to offer herself to him that she may get 

 quills for mother. He accepts and they become happy couple. Porcupine tells 

 wife she can pick his quills for her mother. He then has plenty, but late in 

 summer very few. Wife picks colored quills, fills bladder bags and takes them 

 to her mother. — D. ■ 



loi. — Thunder-Bird and the White-Owl. 



White-Owl and Thunder-bird challenge each other for exhibition of power. 

 Thunder-bird starts black clouds with great noise and wind. White-Owl starts 

 low white clouds with piercing wind. The black clpuds and white clouds meet. 

 White clouds scatter snow which drifts and there is 'a blizzard and everything 

 is frozen up. So white bird gains day and is considered more powerful. — D. 



102. — Raw-Gums and White-Owl- Woman. 



Camp-circle with ground covered with snow. Family with young baby who 

 in forepart of night cries until exhausted. In morning baby nearly out of cradle, 

 but sound asleep. Child gentle of disposition during day and sleeps most of 

 time. During night child gets out of cradle and wanders off. Towards twilight 

 he comes back to cradle without disturbing parents. Since baby is born, frequent 

 deaths occur at night among good classes of people. Parents begin to suspect 

 child. They decide to watch him during night, but cannot keep awake. One 

 morning at breakfast child opens mouth and mother sees in his. teeth fresh 

 morsels of human flesh. She tells husband child must be killer of chiefs. Pa- 

 rents sleep during day to find out strange disposition of child. At night they 

 pretend to go to sleep. Raw-Gums cries loudly, but parents snore and believing 

 them sound asleep he goes his way. He takes his pierced buffalo robe and goes 

 toward tipi of only surviving chief. Parents peep through breastpin holes of 

 tipi and watch child. Raw-Gums enters chief's tipi. Comes out carrying chief 

 in his arms toward river. Raw-Gums eats chief's flesh and leaves only bones. 



