THE SON OF WIND, READY-TO-GIVE. QI 
day on you must come to the timber and I will bring you something to 
eat. Take this bird home and roast it.”’ The boy took the bird home 
and gave it to his grandmother. She roasted it and told him that he 
should eat only the head of the bird, and then he would have luck to kill 
many more birds. The body of the bird the grandmother ate. 
The next day the boy went back to the timber and soon he heard 
a voice speaking to him. He looked about, but could see no one, but 
could hear these words: ‘‘My son, I am glad that you came. Take 
this rabbit home and let your grandmother cook it.” A rabbit fell in 
front of him and he picked it up and took it home. The women did not 
question the boy as to how he got the rabbit, for they supposed that he 
was old enough to kill it with his arrows. They were thankful for the 
rabbit, for they had lived only on corn for so long that they were hungry 
for meat. They cooked the rabbit and ate it. 
The next day the boy went back to the timber. He heard the voice 
speak to him again. It said, ‘‘My son, take this home and let your peo- 
ple cook it.” A young fawn fell before him. He took it home and 
the women were glad, for they thought that the boy had killed it. Every 
day the boy went to the timber and each time he carried home larger 
game, until at last a buffalo was placed before him and he had to go and 
get the women to help him skin the buffalo and carry it home. 
When the boy went back into the timber the next day the voice 
spoke to him and said: ‘‘Come with me.”’ As soon as he said ‘‘Come 
with me,” the boy looked and there stood aman. The man was painted 
with red ointment and had a buffalo robe over his shoulders. His leg- 
gings were of antelope skin, but the moccasins were made of buffalo hide 
with the hair inside. Over his shoulder was an otter-skin quiver and he 
carried an ash bow. The man took the boy far into the timber to a soft 
sandy place, and there began to tramp upon the soft ground. Then he 
said: “‘My son, remove some of the dirt where I have been stamping.” 
The little boy began to dig into the earth with his hands, and there he 
found a rat’s nest,and as he dug deeper into the ground he came to a rat’s 
hole and there he found a big pile of ground beans. The boy gathered 
the beans up in his robe and tookthem to the women, and when they saw 
the beans they wondered how the boy could have found them, for they | 
had been to the timber many times trying to find these beans, but were 
never successful. 
The next day the boy went back to the timber. He saw the man 
again and went with him. When they came to a soft place in the ground 
the man told the boy to dig. The boy began to dig and he found many 
artichokes. He dug them up, placed them in his robe, and went home 
and gave them to the women. They were surprised, for they had tried 
