THE GRAIN-OF-CORN BUNDLE. 59 
came from, and I was glad that you hunted me and tried to find me. I 
am going to help you to find me, and also let you see me. As soon as 
the sun goes down and it becomes a little dark, I want you to go to the 
place where you heard the crying. I will be there, and there you shall 
see me and I will tell you some things that you do not know.” 
When the man awoke he thought of the woman he was to see 
that evening, and so he watched and looked over the country until 
the sun went down. He watched the women passing through the vil- 
lage, and as soon as the sun disappeared and it became a little dark he 
went to the place where he had heard the cry. As soon as he arrived at 
the place, instead of hearing the crying he saw a woman. The woman 
spoke to the man and said, ‘‘ Look, look at me, for I am the one who was 
crying at this place.’’ The man looked at the woman and he saw that 
she was a fine-looking woman. She said again: ‘‘Young man, when 
the people passed over this place while hunting buffalo they dropped me. 
I have been crying ever since, for you know that the people do not let a 
kernel drop from an ear of corn.’’ Then the woman said, ‘‘ Look upon the 
_ground where my feet rest.’’ The man looked and there he picked up 
a kernel of corn. This kernel of corn was speckled. ‘‘Now,” said the 
woman, ‘‘pick me up and always keep me with you. My spirit is of 
Mother-Evening-Star, who gives us the milk that is in the corn. The 
people eat of us and have life. The women give the same milk from 
their breast when they have children and their children grow up to be 
men and women. You must carry me wherever you go. Keep me in 
your quiver and my spirit will always be with you.”’ The man took the 
kernel up and the woman disappeared. The man went home and kept 
the kernel close to him all the time. 
One day he went upon the war-path and tied the kernel to the 
quiver. When he had journeyed for many days the woman appeared 
to him in a dream and said: “‘The enemy is close by you. You are.about 
to reach their village.’’ The next day the man went out and before 
sunset he came in sight of a village. He sat down to rest and wait for 
sunset. As night came on he went down towards the village. Before 
he reached the village he came to a spotted pony. He got upon its 
back and rounded up several other ponies and drove them to where the 
people were. When they saw him coming alone with the ponies they 
were surprised. That night as he slept the corn-woman spoke to him 
and said: ‘‘Young man, take me. Spread some buffalo skins over me 
and cover me with a calf hide.”” The man did as he was told and the 
kernel of corn was put into a bundle and the bundle became a sacred bun- 
dle. The man told his mother to watch over the bundle and to care for it. 
