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tracted while camped under eight cotton wood trees. When they return they 

 tell people what strange incident has occurred to them while on war-path. — D. 



119. — Journey to the Owners of Moon-shells. 



Oldest of four brothers married, keeps them. Two are lazy. He tells 

 them they cannot see owners of moon-shells if they sleep late. One morning 

 boys tell brother to call oldest men. Boys go in, cleaned and dressed, and 

 come out different men. People are surprised. Next morning boys start in 

 search of owners of moon-shells. They come to old woman's tipi and ask 

 way and she says toward the west. Second old woman says same. Third 

 old woman directs boys to a camp in west with flag tipi in center, behind 

 which owners of moon-shells live with theiir father. They (two girls) with 

 their father take children to water to give them drink. Boys are to wait 

 for them. When girls see boys at spring, they stop, laughing at them. Father 

 tells girls to give boys water first, as they are his sons-in-law. Boys go to 

 camp as husbands and are taken into tipis already put up. Folks at home 

 hear about boys' luck. Youngest brother wants to go to brothers and help 

 them. He is ugly, has big belly and lives with mother. Mother opposes but 

 boy persuades her. He lives on tallow. Mother loads supplies on dog tra- 

 vois. They go away until they reach camp-circle where they are received by 

 father-in-law and others. When others are about to eat, boy insists on mother 

 making him some tallow soup. Camp is attacked by enemy. Boys start off 

 and fight and are first to get killed. People mourn day and night. Mother 

 takes youngest brother out to mourn, but he is not affected. He mocks mother 

 and speaks sarcastically about brothers. Great crying over dead arouses boy 

 to try to do wonder. He sends word to father-in-law to have brothers brought 

 into camp. He then directs bow and two black and two red arrows to be made. 

 Then sweat-lodge to be erected in center and brothers to be placed inside. 

 Father-in-law does so. Boy shoots black arrows up in air, telling brothers 

 to get out. Then he shoots , red arrows. Fourth time brothers come to life 

 again. — D. 



120. — Split-Feather. 



Beautiful young man marries beautiful young girl. Man is jealous of 

 his wife on account of young man belonging to Star society. Star society is 

 invited to head man's tipi to play hand-game. Just before sunset the young 

 man comes into tipi to notify husband of game. He says he will go soon. 

 He pulls small feather from fan, which he splits from tip of quill, making two 

 separate pieces but adhering at quill end. He unties medicine bag from his scalp- 

 lock and takes out some medicine, which he puts on live coal ; while his wife i.s 

 after wood he holds feather over charcoal to be incensed. Then he places 

 it under blanket at base of leanback. He goes to hand-game. Game is excit- 

 ing, his companions' side losing. He loses all that he took with him. He tells 

 servant of Star society, who has won wife's affections, to go over to tipi and 

 get more arrows. Servant goes to tipi and finds wife alone. He tells her of 

 his errand and says tfiey ought to improve chance before he goes back. She 

 consents. They cannot separate. Game goes on and another man is sent 

 as messenger. He goes after arrows and sees couple. Young man sends him 



