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following stories in the Bushotter collection." Dorsey then relates 

 the story of a heyo'ka man who predicted the time of his death and 

 was killed by lightning as he rode on his horse pointing the stem of his 

 pipe toward the clouds; also the story of a heyo'ka woman who was 

 killed by lightning. Further, he quotes Bushotter as saying — 



Women used to dream about the Thunder-beings, just as the men did, and in those 

 dreams the heyoka man or woman made promises to the Thunder-beings. If the 

 dreamers kept their promises, it was thought that the Thuuder-ljeings helped them to 

 obtain whatever things they desired; but if they broke their promises, they were sure 

 to be killed by the Thunder-beings during some storm. 



Ritjgs states further that — 



The nature of the Ha yo'-ka is the very opposite of nature. He expresses joy by sighs 

 and groans . . . and sorrow and pain by the opposite sounds and looks. Heat 

 causes his flesh to shiver . . . while cold makes him perspire. In the coldest 

 weather, when the mercury congeals, these gods seek some prominence on the prairie, 

 whore they put up bushes to shield themselves as they swelter with heat. . . . 

 They feel perfect confidence when beset with dangers, and quake with fear when safe. 



In Ms Dakota Dictionary, Riggs (under Heyo'la) says: "Heyoka 

 is represented as a little old man with a cocked hat on his head, a bow 

 and arrows in his hands, and a quiver on his back. In winter he goes 

 naked, and in summer he wraps his buffalo-robe about him." ''The 

 little hills on the prairie are . . . the houses of Heyoka." Mythi- 

 cal "little men" enter into the beliefs of many tribes of Indians. 

 Thus among the White River Ute, on the Uinta Reservation, in 

 Utah, the writer was informed of "little green men," who lived in the 

 mountains and often appeared to the Indians, telling them of "medi- 

 cines" and teaching them songs.^ 



Two dreams of the thunderbirds were related to the writer, one by 

 Lone Man (pi. 23), followed by an account of the Heyo'ka ceremony 

 in fulfillment of his dream, the other by Charging Thunder (see p. 

 170), this dream being the source of his name, which is literally trans- 

 lated "Charger-of-the-Thunderbird." In describing his dream Lone 

 Man said: 



One day when I was on the warpath I sat down to rest and was at some distance 

 from the other members of the party. I looked up at the sky and the rolling clouds. 

 I fell asleep, and while I slept I had a dream. My face was toward the west, and I 

 heard thunder in that direction. There was a sound of hoofs, and I saw nine riders 

 coming toward me in a cloud, each man on a horse of a different color. Then I heard 

 a sound in the north and saw nine riders coming toward me from that direction, each 

 on a white horse. They joined the riders from the west and came toward me. One 

 of them spoke to me, and said they had appointed me to make the first attack upon 

 the enemy. He said the man to be attacked was painted red and was standing in the 

 water, and he said that if I could conquer that man I would gain something which 

 would be useful to me all the rest of my life. Then a voice from among the company 

 of riders said that, having been appointed to make this attack, I would be considered 



1 Two dreams of the thunderbirds, with the songs which they taught the dreamers, were recorded (Bull. 

 53, pp. 158, 19S) among the Chippewa of Wisconsin, and two similar songs, without the story of the dreams, 

 among the Chippewa of northern Minnesota. (See Bull. 53, pp. 264, 274.) 



