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is why I brought this man here, and why he tells the story of how I 
treated him, and why I let him tell it. I surely did that. Do not do 
anything to this man. I shall send him home to tell the story so 
that they (the slain) shall not be expected to come back from where 
they came. That is why I send this man home. Verily he is to go 
home after his belly is filled. And I shall send food with him,” he 
said. ‘‘ You will often tell the story. If you do that you will be able 
to marry those you love. You will continue to marry. But you 
shallfear me. If [even see you, you will then die,” the Sioux was 
told. ‘‘That is what you are to do. You will call your friends 
together and tell them. And you are to go around entering (the 
tents) from which those whom I killed came, telling how I treated 
you (pl.). You (pl.) attacked me first,’ he said to the Sioux. 
Then Black-Rainbow told when he would die. He said that he 
would not be sick, as he had lived a good life. And he went 
around entering the dwellings of the fellow members of his gens for 
the last time. Then he would say to them, ‘‘This is the time when 
‘I shall leave you, when I shall go.” Then, it is said, they went to see 
a herd of buffaloes. And, it is said, Black-Rainbow was walking in 
(their) rear. He was loved by all the people. And, it is said, he was 
accompanied by many young men. When the others had nearly 
come, the people camped. ‘‘Now, my grandchildren, I shall stop to 
rest here, and you are to goon. You will come to summon me when 
the cooking is done,” he said to them. ‘“‘All right,” he was told. 
Then, it is said, when the cooking was done, some small boys were 
told, ‘‘Well, summon your grandfather.”’ They ran thither. When 
they came near and examined him, lo! he had turned to stone, sitting 
down with the sacred pack on his back. They reported: ‘‘Our 
grandfather must have turned to stone,” thus they said among them- 
selves. The people made a great stir and noise by crying and weeping. 
His niece went and took the sacred pack from off his back. Then 
she instructed the people. She cooked for the fellow members of her 
gens. She named the person who was to live with the sacred pack 
when he took it away. ‘‘You are to think of what my uncle has told 
you from time to time,” she said to them. ‘You should do exactly 
as my uncle has instructed you from time to time. Do not disbelieve 
him. You have already thoroughly learned that this sacred pack 
has the power of a manitou. Do not disbelieve it. Verily it is 
true,’ she said to them. ‘‘Now I shall depart; I shall go where my 
uncle is sitting,” she said to the fellow members of her gens. 
She disregarded their forbiddance and departed. Then, it is said, 
she went there and lay down in front of where (her uncle) was. When 
they went to see her, a granite stone was there. The people made 
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