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upon the ground there you will stand. When you want to come back 
take the same arrow and shoot it over the lake and you will return to this 
island.’’ The boy wore a buffalo robe which was not very large. Around 
the edge of the robe were many holes. The animals had given the boy 
many sweet-smelling weeds. These he tied upon the robe. The woman 
said again: ‘‘I came across this lake, for I am not a human being. I 
came over as a swan. I am not a woman. I am the Moon. I watch 
over the people and help them in getting food for themselves.”’ As the 
night came the woman said: “‘Now do as I have told you about the 
arrow. Go across and come back. I am gone.’’ The boy took the 
arrow in the night, shot it over the lake, and he was then across. He 
went into the village. The people ran out of their lodges and _ said: 
‘““Here goes the boy with the woodpecker cap. The owls are hooting 
about his legs.’’ He entered one of the lodges. One man reached for 
his quiver, but as he reached for it he noticed that the black bow was 
not a bowat all, but was a black snake. Then he moved away and sat 
down. The Woodpecker-Boy motioned to a young woman to place 
his things upon a hook. She came and took the things and the snake 
permitted her. After he had taken off his things he sat down by the 
fire. One of the men then spoke and said: ‘‘Woodpecker-Boy, we 
are sorry, for we can not give you anything to eat. The people in the 
village are starving. We go out into the timber. We hunt for arti- 
chokes, ground beans, and pecans which the animals have buried, but 
we find nothing. We go out to hunt game, but we find none.’”’ The boy 
said nothing. He got up, went to his things, took his cap,and put it 
upon his head. He put on his leggings and moccasins. Then he took 
the quiver and put it over his shoulder. As he went out the people 
could hear the owls hooting upon his legs. Woodpecker-Boy went off 
into the timber and was gone nearly all night. He came back in the 
morning. Now, while he was gone he went into the timber and there he 
scratched around where the animals had hidden their ground beans, 
their pecans, and their artichokes. He also made images of raccoons, 
deer, and turkey. After he had done this he went around the timber 
and gave four yells. After this he entered the village. 
Early in the morning the boy sat down and he told the man in whose 
lodge he was to send for the chief. The chief was sent for and he came. 
He sat down near the boy, and the boy said: ‘‘Chief, Iam sorry for the 
people, but I can not do anything. I have been out to a place in the 
timber, and I have worked all night. Now, you go through the village 
and tell the people to go and surround the timber. Tell the women to 
take their hoes and bags and when they surround the timber and the 
chief gives the command they must run into the timber. Everybody 
