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113. — The Sioux Woman who .acted as a Man, 



A Sioux woman dresses and acts as a man. She goes to war and dis- 

 tinguishes herself. Then she has herself shot. — K. 



114. — The Faithless Woman and the Kiowa. 



A young man elopes with his brother's wife. He meets a Kiowa, whom 

 he attempts to kill. The woman treacherously helps the Kiowa, but the young 

 man finally kills him. He returns with her to his older brother, whose friends 

 shoot her dead. — K. 



115. — Laughter. 



Many young men go out hunting and do not return. A young man is 

 approached by Laughter, who is the one that has caused people to laugh 

 themselves to death. The young man nearly dies, but succeeds in killing 

 Laughter with a buffalo foetus. — K. 



117. — The Horse- Tick. 



Young men go on war-path. They do not find enemy and turn home. 

 They come to small hill and stop to rest. While asleep, hill carries them off. 

 Hill was horse-tick. — D. 



117. — The White Buffalo Cow. 



Young men spy buffalo and get much meat. Young man goes in search 

 of buffalo and rides close to herd. He dismounts and crawls to within short 

 distance of herd and sees white buffalo cow. After telling war story, as was 

 customary, he shoots at and wounds cow slightly. Herd starts off, white cow 

 taking lead. Hunter mounts and again wounds white cow slightly. He does 

 the same and cow is weakened and follows herd. Hunter goes ahead of herd 

 and gets closer to it. White cow seated prominently in center. Man tells 

 story, shoots at animal and wounds it again. All other buffalo walk around 

 four times licking her face. They leave her, but she rises and follows herd. 

 Man follows and finds white cow again in miidst of herd. He tells another war 

 story and again shoots at cow. Herd walks around cow four ti,mes licking her 

 face. Herd leaves her in sitting position and looks back to see if she will 

 follow, but she is dead. Hunter goes to cow and prays to it. He skins it 

 reverently and packs his horse with hide and meat. He takes hide to priest. 

 When scraping sacred hide, women wear sage wreaths at wrists, waists and 

 ankles and on head. Women throw away waste meat from hide. Chil- 

 dren at play eat it. Some years afterwards their hair turns gray. — D. 



118. — The Eight Young Men who became Women. 



Eig;ht young men on war-path. At night one turns into female, feels 

 ashamed. Rest advise disheartened one to return home. At end of four days 

 she becomes man again. Thus it happens with whole party, when first one 

 tells others he knows what was trouble with them for he was first to expe- 

 rience it. Transformation period of thirty-four days. Change of sex con- 



