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sjiid: '"I will stay ris^lit in your house/' And they said to him: "All 

 riyht. old man, sleej) in our houses so that we may o'aml)le with each 

 other in tlu' mornino-/' Then he entered, and they seated him near 

 two o-ood-lookinu;- women. They o'ave him somethino" to eat. "Old 

 man, you are always ready," tiiey said to him, and the\" went to bed. 

 Then he broke wind. The women laughed at him every time as they 

 whisp(>red together. B}^ and by, when they were asleep,*** he fiew 

 liuhtly toward the screen and felt of the chief's son's arm which was 

 in a box. Then he waited for daylight and fiew over it. As he did 

 so the ends of his claws touched the top of the screen. It sounded 

 like a tlrum. Th(Mi he lay down quickly. "Alas! it is the one who is 

 always tloing sucii things. Does the old man lie there as before?" 

 And th(^ w^omen said: " Yes; he li(;s here. He has been breaking wind 

 all the time. Now, he is snoring." And he asked again: "Is the 

 chiefs son's arm in the box ? " And the women said: " Yes; it is here." 

 Then when they were asleep again and day had begun to break he 

 Hew up easily behind the screen and seized the chief's son's arm in his 

 mouth. And when he flew away with it the ends of his claws touched 

 the top of the screen. When it gave forth a drumming sound all 

 looked up. lie flew through the smoke hole. The chief said: "Alas! 

 it is h(^ who is always doing such things." Then he came Hying to 

 th(> chief's son's father's town and l)egan to act as shaman around the 

 chief's son. He washed the arm, which had begun to smell badly 

 [from decomposition]. Then they handed him a new mat [and he laid] 

 the chief's son's arm in place under it. At once his arm was restored. 

 The}' gave many things to him and nuich food as well. 



He started from that place also. After he had gone along for a 

 while he came to a town. The town people were glad to see him, and 

 he went into a house. A good looking woman lived in the house. 

 Then they went to bed, and he went over to the woman. When he 

 came to her she asked him, "Who are you?" "I am one who 

 came to this place for you." But the woman absolutely repulsed him. 

 Then he went away from her. And when the woman slept he went 

 to her again and put dung inside of her })lanket. Then he cried: " I 

 went to the chief's daughter, but, flnding something terrible there, 

 changed my mind." And the woman awoke and said: "A'-a-a a-a', 

 don't tell anybody about it. I will give you a substance that my 

 father owns but always keeps secret." And he said: "[Give me] 

 some." Then she gave all to him. And the woman said to him: 

 " Don't lose it. With that you will have good luck. And when you 

 see anyone, 3'ou can adorn him with it," she said to him. This is 

 what causes people to be good-looking. 



After that his sister Siwa's planted Indian tobacco in front of White 

 iidet. And, while it was yet in the garden, he calcined shells. But 

 before he pulled the tobacco out he became angry with the calcined 



