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Then again the one who owned the sacred pack was suspicious in 
his thought. It is said he became frightened in his heart though he 
knew not why. He told his wife about it. Pretty soon, it is said, 
one man came. “It is said, our friends, something has happened to 
those who were together in one wickiup,” theman said. “ Pray what 
may be the matter with them?” he said. He was very much fright- 
ened by what had been said. They went over there. ‘‘ Well,” they 
said to them. As no one spoke they started to enter. They had all 
died. And it is said a good-sized child was yet alive. Heran to take 
it, and was able to make it well. 
Then it related: ‘A red turkey verily caused our death,” it said. 
“We ate it. As soon as we had eaten it, we began to suffer pain. 
He was the one that killed us,” it said. They went away (and), it is 
said, took that little boy along. 
Then just as they arrived yonder at their home, then it is said, 
people were dying everywhere. The people were dying very rapidly. 
While he was busy conjuring for a miracle, many had died. 
Then he beat on a drum. Just as soon as he beat it the people 
ceased dying. Many were dead. Of some households two were 
saved, in others all died. And in several wickiups none were affected. 
Where their chief dwelt they were not affected. ‘“O, O my!” they 
said among themselves. 
Those who were left from death gathered together. Then a place 
was built for them to stay. ‘‘ You live here for four days,” they 
were told. ‘After four days, then you are to take a sweat bath,” 
they were told. Then, it is said, “Do not move those who have died; 
only at that time we can go around to see those to whom we are 
related,” he said to the people. 
Then, it is said, after four days was up, they went out to make a 
sweat wickiup, which was a large one. Then they heated eight large 
stones red-hot. After the stones had been heated red-hot, they began 
togoim. “You are to sit on your clothes,” he told them. ‘Let no 
one go out before time; it will have to be after I have poured water on 
them four times, then you may go out,” he said to them. “If any 
one goes out before time, just as soon as he goes out, he will die,” he 
said to them. 
Then he began speaking to the stones: “O, our grandfather, so 
be it. Now, so be it, you will kick the disease, so be it, out, so be it, 
of your grand children, so be it,’”’ he said to them. Then he poured 
water on the stone. Some of them even made noises as if to vomit 
for it smelt terribly. That was how their disease smelt. It is said 
that they were very frightened over them. They who were there 
made all kinds of talks. Some, it is said, asked for water, and some 
