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killed an enemy was the boy and that he had also taken a scalp. They 
sat in council and said: ‘‘Let us not tell that the boy killed the enemy 
and took the scalp. Let us make the people think that some one else 
did this.’’ When they reached their village the poor boy was not spoken 
of. He returned the shield to the owner. The women began to dance 
scalp dances and somehow it was learned that the poor boy alone had 
killed an enemy and taken the scalp. When the wonderful man heard 
the news in his lodge, he said: ‘‘They are making fun of my brother-in- 
law. The warriors did not say that the young man had taken a scalp.” 
The boy continued to be a poor boy and went from one lodge to another. 
A few days after his return from the war party he went down to the 
bank of the stream and there lay down. He went to sleep and had a 
dream. He saw this man again on the stream. He spoke and said to 
the boy, ‘‘My son, stay here on the bank of the stream for three days.”’ 
The boy remained three days and when night came he had another 
dream. The fourth night the man on the water told him that he must 
wade into the water and dive four times; that he must walk out from the 
water and stand upon the bank for a short time; that he was to go to the 
lodge of the wonderful man; there he would meet the sister of the won- 
derful man with a bucket going to the stream; when the girl should 
return with the water, he was to ask her for a drink; then he was to go a 
short distance from the lodge and the girl herself was to follow him. The 
stream would say to him that he was the stream of water and the girl 
would be thinking of him. The next day he sat on the bank. 
In the night he did as he had been told. He went into the water and 
dived four times. When he came out he felt strong. When he felt him- 
self he found that he wore leggings, moccasins, buffalo robe, shirt, and 
quiver. He also had the war bonnet upon his head. He stood for a 
while and then turned around and went to the lodge of the wonderful 
man. Before he reached the lodge he met the sister and she stopped to 
see who the young man was. On her return with the water the boy met 
her again and talked a while and took a drink. She entered the lodge 
with the water. She could not rest. She went out and followed the 
young man. When she reached his side she told him that she wanted 
him to go to her lodge. The young man went with her and they sat down 
together in the lodge. Her brother was away at this time. In the 
morning when they got up from the bed her brother saw them. He was 
well pleased to have a brother-in-law. The young man was fine-looking 
had fine clothing, and a fine quiver of otter skin, with bow and arrows. 
Soon after this the enemy attacked the village. The boy fought with 
them and drove away the enemy after killing several of them. Aftera 
