40 TRUE STORIES OF THE HEAVENLY BEINGS. 
board for you.’’ He went, and when he entered the lodge of the Beavers 
and reached for the baby-boards which were hanging in a circle, sparks 
began to fly upon him. The sparks got so thick that he became scared 
and ran, and the fire seemed to follow him. He ran off to the lodge of 
the animalsandtoldthem. Then the Hawk went to the lodge and assoon 
.as he flew into the lodge the Turtle stirred the fire and the sparks went 
up against the Hawk, the flames arose, and nearly burned the Hawk and 
he flew away. | 
Other animals were sent there, but they could not get it. The Mag- 
pie, the errand man of all animals, arose and said, “I will go.” The 
Magpie flew to the lodge and flew down the opening at the top. He took 
hold of the baby-board and as he flew up the baby-board made noises and 
then the fire came up, but it was too late, for the Magpie was out. The 
fire followed the Magpie for some time until the Magpie became tired, 
then he gave the baby-board to the Diving-Duck. The fire still followed 
the Diving-Duck. When he came to the stream of water he dived and 
the fire struck the water and went out. “ The Duck came up and gave 
the baby-board to the man, who carried it to the boy. The boy took the 
baby-board to the tipi and as he entered one of the priests took the board, 
and put it in the west side of the lodge. The girl then spoke and said: 
“Now, you must get otter strings with which to tie the baby.” The boy 
went. Another man came, and he helped the boy to get the otter strings. 
The boy took the otter strings to the lodge and they were placed in front 
of the girl. Then the girl said, ‘‘You must now get a piece of a robe to 
put upon the board for the baby to lie upon. Go south and bring the 
robe.” As the boy went out he began to cry. After a while Morning- 
Star came and said: ‘‘My son, I have an arrow here. When we have 
reached the buffalo, we are going to kill one. I will go right up to the 
buffalo and you get to one side, shoot the buffalo, and killit.’’ They went 
toward the buffalo, and the buffalo came and charged. The boy stepped 
to one side and shot the buffalo in the heart. Then they took the skin 
off of the back and the boy took it to the lodge. The boy then got a’ 
wild-cat hide by the help of the Hawks. Then the girl told the boy to 
come to her bedside in the night; that he must stay outside until night. 
The first night the boy started to enter the tipi he heard a whizzing 
sound. He knew it was a serpent. He touched it with the moccasin 
in which was the Morning-Star symbol, and the snake died. Then the 
girl said, ‘Stop; you can not come to me to-night. To-morrow night you 
shall come in.’ The next night he attempted to go in, but the girl 
touched the ground with the war club and two bears came and tried to 
kill the boy in the lodge. The boy waved the Morning-Star symbol at 
