Abstracts — Dorsey and Kroeber. 475 



\oung boy of human husband goes to the father and says that Lone-Bull 

 has two soft parts about his body, in front below neck and at flanks (kidneys). 

 Boy returns and then Lone-Bull send? him to tell father to prepare for duel. 

 Husband takes bow and four arrows and walks to open ?pace. Lone-Bull 

 starts for antagonist, warns him to get his power ready and makes terrific 

 rush at him. but misses, as husband dodges. Lone-Bull rushes at man three 

 other times, but always misses. Lone-Bull tells man to take good look at him 

 and he walks around and around, with bow and arrows, inspecting his body. 

 He sends arrow through Lone-Bull's heart. Other arrow he sends into his 

 flank, and Lone-Bull staggers, vomiting blood, and drops dead. Man returns 

 to camp-circle with glory. Lone-Bull comes to life again cind sends boy to 

 tell father that all calves arif to be collected at one place and if he can dis- 

 tinguish him (son) from the rest, he shall win the day. Boy tells father 

 he will move his left ear. All yellow calves come together, and as all move 

 left ear, man cannot distinguish his son, until the fourth time around when boy 

 moves left ear and stops. Father points him out and again wins the day. 

 Lone-Bull then proposes a race, consenting for boy to run for his father, who 

 has only two legs. Man ties an eagle breath-feather to boy's tail and he wins the 

 race. Lone-Bull sends man word that there will be dancing for four days and 

 nights and if he can dance continuously without sleeping he will win the day 

 for good. Before dance begins, father fastens four small turtles to Calf-Boy's 

 feet. On morning of third day most of animals have fallen asleep in standing 

 position within sunken holes. By evening dance is over and buffalo have 

 disappeared. Calf-Boy does not sink in ground and therefore it is victory for 

 his father. 



Lone-Bull asks boy to go and tell father that thereafter they will be 

 harmless to his fellow-men and their flesh shall be his subsistence. They 

 will protect themselves by hearing and smell and run away. To remedy this 

 a murderer is to eat a piece of human flesh, and then they will be at close 

 range. Lone-Bull sends boy to ask his father what he shall have for his 

 backbone. Man in reply sends war bonnet. Afterwards he sends to know 

 what he shall have for tongue, and man sends middle eagle feather; for eyes, 

 two pieces of hail; for heart, small air sack (from vine which grows on wil- 

 lows and Cottonwood); for lungs, some "water foam"; for horns, two wing 

 feathers ; for larynx, moon-shell ; for intestines, Mexican blanket ; for gullet, 

 straight pipe; for tail, eagle breath-feather; for kidneys, two red stones; 

 for liver, big mushroom; for brain, white lime-clay; for blood, red paint in water; 

 for bronchial tube, flute ; for teeth, elk teeth ; for hoofs, eight black stones ; 

 for shoulder-blades, white eagle tail ; for ribs, eagle wing feathers ; for spleen, 

 beaver's tail; for stomach, cotton wood bark; for spinal marrow, long pith 

 of sunflower weed; for tallow, cottonwood pith; for ears, two bear's ears; 

 for arm muscles, rattle; for hair, jet black hide of bear. Lone-Bull's entire 

 body is made up of these articles* — D. 



