Abstracts — Dorsey and Kroeber. 469 



ing everywhere. Boys sit on flat stones. Man tells them to louse him. They 

 untangle his hair and find he has open brains, hence name, "Open-Brains."' 

 He was first murderer. He goes to sleep. Boys tie his hair to tipi poles, 

 place red hot stone inside his skull. He struggles, but finally burns to death. 

 Boys cut off hair, carry it home to father for pendants. Father warns boys 

 against hill where fierce animal lives. Boys go and find fierce buffalo bull 

 covered with iron. Buffalo-Bull charges. Boys shoot him and take horns to 

 father for dippers. Father warns boys against precipice at river, for very 

 strong unmerciful being lives there. Boys go and find nest of young eagles 

 (Thunder-birds). Boys ask them what sign would be in sky if father eagle 

 got mad, and twist their noses. They say, dark clouds and rain in torrents. 

 Boys shoot two arrows into wall of rock to see if father can pull them. He 

 returns and rushes at arrows, grabs their heads and flies back, stretching arrows 

 to distance, but arrows contract back to rock. Boys kill Thunder-bird and 

 little ones. They take feathers to father for bonnets and arrows and wings 

 for fans. Father makes boys netted wheel. Tells them not to throw it with 

 the wind. Whirlwind carries boys to distant land. Old woman cutting grass for 

 bedding finds one of the boys full grown, takes him home to assist her. He is 

 dirty and has big belly. People call boy "Found-in-Grass." Big chief has two 

 handsome daughters. People try in vain to kill kit-fox in tree. Chief offers 

 older daughter in marriage to slayer of kit-fox. Boy gets old woman t.o 

 make him bow and arrows. People ridicule his appearance. He kills kit-fox. 

 Crow claims to have killed kit-fox and marries older daughter. Boy tells 

 grandmother to go touch animal and to bring home a small piece of fur. Old 

 woman does so. In morning, piece has become whole hide, finer than original. 

 Boy sends it to chief. Chief gives boy younger daughter for wife. Older sister 

 makes fun of boy. Tipi put up for both couples. On two mornings. Crow- 

 Woman secretly pours water on bed of younger sister, telling her that her 

 husband urinated. Third night, Found-in-Grass returns much improved 

 in appearance. In morning, Crow-Woman again pours water on sister's bed. 

 Fourth night, Found-in-Grass comes late, places feather lance against fork 

 stick at back of tipi. He has on quilled buffalo robe and good clothes, panther 

 bow-case and quiver of bow and arrows. He smells of sweet grass. In morn- 

 ing, Crow-Woman noticing young man's fine appearance and clothing becomes 

 .'namored , of him. She wants to serve Found-in-Grass but sister objects. 

 Found-in-Grass has wife tell father to get people to make corral and at gate 

 to place buffalo chips on edge, last one to be very thin and from scabby bull. 

 When he nears corral, tells flat chip he will shoot it and rest will get ,up alive 

 and be slaughtered by people. Crow- Woman offers to help carry Found-in- 

 Grass' beef to camp, sister objects. He puts blood into intestine bag for 

 father-in-law. Crow-Woman begs to carry it home. He secretly pierces bag 

 with thorn. Crow-Woman carrying bag spoils her robe. Found-in-Grass 

 and wife make fun of her. She grieves, goes out into prairie and cries, day and 

 night. Gopher asks why she is crying. She tells him and he states what he 

 will do. In the morning she goes and pulls blankets away and tells husband to 

 get up and stir around for father-in-law. When Found-in-Grass gets up he 

 finds himself in pit up to waist and ground around him turned into solid 

 stone. As people pass Found-in-Grass, they leave anything, asking mercy and 

 protection. — D. 



