102 TRUE STORIES OF THE HEAVENLY BEINGS. 
In the spring he told his mother and sister to plant the seeds which 
he had. In the fall when they gathered in their crops they did not have 
many to divide with other people. They planted again next spring and 
in the fall they had more. The boy divided the seeds among the people, 
giving a few grains to each family. In the spring they all planted and 
they had plenty of corn after that. They also had plenty of buffalo, 
and the people say that this is the way they got their seeds—it was 
through the man who was a great gambler. 
25. THE BOY WHO PREFERRED WOMAN TO POWER.” 
A long time ago, when the Skidi were living upon the Loupe River, 
there was a young man in the village by the name of Coming-Sun. One 
night Coming-Sun had a dream. Some one spoke to him and said: 
‘*To-morrow I want you to stand upon that high hill. You shall stand 
up there for four days and nights.’’ He then awoke, and early in the 
morning he took his robe and told his friends that he was going up on a 
high hill and that they should not look for him. He went up on the 
high hill and cried all day and all night. The second day and night he 
cried, and the third day and night he cried, but did not see any signs of 
mysterious beings. The fourth day and night he staid there and in 
the night he stood and cried. When he felt weak, he lay down and some 
one came and said, ‘‘Stand up; I have now come.’’ Coming-Sun stood 
up and there by him was a man who said: ‘‘I promised to take pity 
upon you if you would come to this hill. Now look in yonder valley.”’ 
Coming-Sun looked, and he could see, as plainly as though it were day,a 
man come up from the ravine and go toward the spring. The myste- 
rious being told Coming-Sun to run down and try to head off the man. 
Coming-Sun then ran down, but before he could catch up with him the 
man disappeared in the ravine. The man was dressed like a warrior; 
he had the otter on, with the hawk and mother-corn attached to it. 
As soon as the man disappeared Coming-Sun went back to the hill. 
He again cried, and after a time he heard the same voice that had 
spoken to him, and he looked and there stood the man again. He said: 
“You can not run. You did not head off the man. Now look down 
1Told by Roaming-Scout, the most learned of the Skidi priests living. The 
tale relates to a historical event at the time when a devout man known as Coming- 
Sun communicated with Pahohatawa, who gave him great power; so that he taught 
the people that Pahohatawa still lived, was one of the gods in the heavens,and that 
he should be worshiped with the other heavenly gods. By the fact that Coming- 
Sun lost his power by preferring woman, which he had been warned not to do, it 
shows that reverence for the gods and obedience to their commands is to be held 
higher than the desire for women. 
