116 TRUE STORIES OF THE HEAVENLY BEINGS. 
he saw a red Hawk sitting upon a limb. The Hawk made a screeching 
sound and the boy thought that the Hawk was calling him. He followed 
the Hawk. Whenever the boy looked at the Hawk, he thought he sawa 
scalp hanging down from its claw. The Hawk also seemed to carry a 
war club. Around its breast seemed to be a buffalo-hair lariat. The 
boy liked the dress of the Hawk, and when it made the screeching sound 
the boy followed it. The Hawk would fly from one limb to another, and 
when the Hawk saw that the boy was not coming it would fly towards 
him, circle around him, and fly west again. The boy saw that the Hawk 
wanted him to follow it, so he followed. After a while they came to 
a prairie country. They went over this prairie country, and after a while 
the boy saw the Hawk flying in a circle. Then he saw the Hawk drop 
something. When the boy went to the place he found the things he had 
seen. The Hawk then flew up into the sky and the boy sat down on 
the village site. He lay down, for he had come a long way and was tired. 
As soon as he went to sleep he heard the insects under the ground. They 
sang: 
“Here lies the child of White-Moccasins. 
Here lies the child of White-Moccasins.’’ 
The young man woke up and looked around, but could see nothing. 
He lay down again. Just as the dawn appeared the young man arose 
and stood on the village site. While he was standing there the whole 
village site seemed to say, “‘This is the child of White-Moccasins.”’ 
He looked around for the voices. He went to the tipi poles and here 
the voices seemed to be. The fireplaces also said: ‘‘This is the son of 
White-Moccasins.’’ The grass which had grown over the village site 
was speaking and saying that this was the child of White-Moccasins. 
Even the old moccasins which had been left behind were saying that this 
was the child of White-Moccasins. The boy stood still, looked around 
and said to himself: ‘‘I must be the child of someone else.”” He walked 
around through the village and still the voices came from every direc- 
tion. Finally he went to one place and here was a clam shell. It said: 
““My boy, I was placed here by a Witch-Woman to follow your people 
and act as a Witch in her place. When the people broke camp I tried 
to follow them. The power which the Witch-Woman had given me was 
gone and I turned into a clam shell as you now seeme. I called upon all 
the gods to send you back to this village site so that I could tell you 
where your people were. All the gods helped me. You have come. 
Take me up, follow this trail,and you will find your people. When you 
reach the first stream of water, drop me into it and there I shall remain.” 
For some time the boy followed the trail and at last came to another 
