HOW THE PEOPLE GOT THE CROW-LANCE. 51 
who went home told the trouble. We should never have sacrificed the 
raccoon.” The leader of the war party went to the place and saw that 
the man was killed. He felt of his body, but could find no bullet hole 
nor any wound. He was not scalped, but there were scratches upon his 
body. Then they took his robe and placed it over him and the war party 
returned to their village. 
Now, when night came this man who was supposed to be killed thought 
that he heard some dancing. He listened. After a while he sat up and 
he saw people dancing around him. When he looked at the people he 
did not know any of them. There was one man who carried a lance and 
it was covered with crow feathers. All of the dancers were painted black. 
They told the man to get up, and they went along until they came to the 
mountains. There they took him from one place to another until they 
came to a hollow and there in the hollow stood a high tree. The man 
was told to lie down under the tree. He lay down and went to sleep. 
Early the next morning he woke up. The first thing he saw was a num- 
ber of Deer running around and jumping. Then some one spoke from 
_the tree where the Crows were and said, ‘‘Follow them if you wish.” 
Then the man remembered the Crows. Again the boy found Antelopes. 
They came to where he was, and the boy liked them. He wanted to 
follow them and imitate them, but some one from the tree said, ‘‘Remem- 
ber we brought you here.’’ Then the boy let the Antelopes go and 
remained at the tree. 
The next day the Crows scattered out over the country. The boy 
took his bow and arrows and went out and killed a young fawn. This 
he brought back to the place where he was, built a fire, and cooked some 
meat for himself. In the evening the Crows began to come back to their 
tree. As soon as it was dark the boy lay down and he heard strange 
noises coming from the mountain side. He wanted to go to the place, 
for he was sure that he heard singing, but some one spoke to him from 
the tree saying, ‘‘Go if you wish, but remember we brought you here.”’ 
Four times the young man had a chance to follow some kind of animals, 
but the Crows held him back. On the fifth night the Crows which had 
settled upon the trees disappeared and now there was singing inside of 
the mountain. After a while one of the Crows came out and spoke to 
the man. The man was taken into the side of the mountain. There 
he found a big cave. These Crows were seated around in acircle. The 
lance was standing in the west, and it was covered with crow feathers. 
The Crow people began to sing songs. At the end of each song all would 
imitate the Crow. All night they danced and as dawn came they told 
the boy to lie down in the lodge, as they must go out. The Crows flew 
