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When he reached the earth and looked about, Scarfa<?e found that 

 he was on a hill not far from the Indian camp, his home. 



Soon some people came near, who, seeing him sitting there dressed 

 in such good clothing, called to him, inquiring "who are you? What 

 kind of a person are you? " meaning of what tribe. 



Scaxface did not answer, but went to tlie camp and walked about 

 amongst the people. None recognized lîim, but all admired his clothing 

 and arms. 



After every one had seen him and wondered who he could be, he 

 told them that he was Scarf ace who left home because of a Avoman. 



He blew on the whistle given him by his friend the Morning Star, 

 and the girl, who was at work scraping a buffalo hide, stopped working 

 and listened awhile, but soon went on scraping. 



Scarface sounded the whistle a second time at which the girl turned 

 from her work and came toward him, but she did not walk far l)efore 

 she stopped, returned to her buffalo hide and continued her work. 



A third time the young man blew his whistle, and again the young- 

 woman ceased working, and went in the direction of the sound. See- 

 ing no one whom she knew, she returned as before to work. 



Scarface whistled a fourth time at which the girl came quite close 

 to him, an)d he said, " Long ago I asked you to marry me and you said 

 that you would do so when the scar left my face. The scar is no longer 

 on my face. Do as you promised." 



The beautiful girl was very willing to keep her promise, as the 

 young man was now as handsome as herself. 



They were married, and Scarface taught the people all that he 

 had learned from the Sun. 



The great religious ceremonies of the Blackfoot having first been 

 performed under the direction of Scarface, were practised every year 

 after that, and ths Sun, as he had promised, was kind to the people and 

 heard their prayers. 



Such is the legend of Scarface, as related to the writer many years 

 ago by old men, of the Blood tribe, now passed away, whose instructors 

 had in turn received it long before the close of the eighteenth century. 



Judging from the largo amount of ritualistic detail that is sup- 

 posed to have originated with the journey and adventures of Scarface, 

 the myth was probably at one time much more extensive than as now 

 told, although there is reason to doubt that it has undergone any cur- 

 tailment during the last hundred years. 



The statement in the legend that the Sun, during a long period 

 of time, evidentlv a year or more, gave Scarface instruction in many 

 religious matters, is doubtless an abridgement of a more ancient account, 



