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to his older brother to inform him of his predicament. Brother takes pipe 

 filled with tobacco to husband at hand-game and offers it him with four head 

 of ponies in payment of brother's deed. Husband puts it off until game is 

 over. Older brother then hands peace-pipe to him, which he takes along to 

 his own tipi. Husband pushes pine sticks into fire and laughs at guilty party. 

 On entreaty of older brother he sits down on one side of tipi and pulls out 

 wing feather and splits it in two pieces and couple part. Then he takes pipe 

 and lights it. smoking it for peace and good will again. He says he has known 

 the actions of wife with young man and wished to make her a good wife 

 thereafter. — D. 



121. — Spitting-Horn-Shell and Split-Rump. 



A beautiful girl tells father she has decided to look for young man named 

 Spitting-Horn-Shell, noted for beauty. Father consents. Young woman starts 

 and gets to camp-circle, where she is told that he lives farther on. She reaches 

 three other camp-circles in succession but young man not in camp. She 

 arrives at fifth camp-circle along river. There was preparation for Sun-dance 

 ceremony in which Spitting-Horn-Shell was to participate. When Split- 

 Rump (little-bird) hears beautiful girl is coming to marry Spitting-Horn- 

 Shell, he goes out and meets her. She asks him where she can find Spitting- 

 Horn-Shell. He replies that he is the identical young man. She says his 

 appearance does not answer to description of Spitting-Horn-Shell. She asks 

 him to spit out horn shells and he spits out cut-bone shells. She finally decides 

 to go with him as wife to his mother's tipi. Sun-dance lodge is up and men 

 are ready to dance. Split-Rump is to take part. In morning, Spitting-Horn- 

 Shell is spitting out horn shells on ground. Split-Rump, standing by door, 

 spits out cut-bone shells. Chiefs order Split-Rump to quit dancing and they 

 lay his body flat before beautiful young man to dance on. Split-Rump in- 

 structs his mother to watch wife closfely. She is charmed by music in Sun- 

 dance lodge and decides to see dance. She hears people calling for Split- 

 Rump, and tells him. He tells her he occupies leading place, but she knew he 

 must be platform for Spitting-Horn-Shell. She goes to lodge and peeps in 

 to see dancers. She sees beautiful young man back of center pole. When he 

 stops to rest he spits out horn shells on ground and children pick them up. 

 Chiefs tell children to keep away, that woman who has come to see Spitting- 

 Horn-Shell may be able to gather up shells. She goes to young man and seats 

 herself close to him as wife. After dance they walk out as married people 

 to tipi of Spitting-Horn-Shell's parents. Some time afterwards Split-Rump 

 kills rival. Search is made for him. He escapes to river and dives in water 

 up stream. He comes out on other side. People chase him and he dives 

 into big lake. People kill big herd of buffalo and make water bags of intes- 

 tines. They dip out water from lake in order to catch Split-Rump, but they 

 get tired as water comes up from bottom. People tell him angrily he shall re- 

 main close to lake and not fly high or leave that place. — D. 



. 122. — The White Crow. 



The white crow keeps all the buffalo hidden. He is discovered by the 

 eyes he carries in his quiver. His course home is followed. At last people 



