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move to the place where he lived. The people moved into the timber 
and the chief then invited the boy and said: ‘“‘My son, I give you my 
daughter to marry.”’ The young boy said: ‘‘The chief is good, but I can 
not take her just now.”’ The chief insisted and said: ‘The girl shall 
go to your home.” The girl went to the boy’s home and stayed all night. 
The next time the boy tried to get the buffalo he found that his power 
was gone from him, for he had lain with a girl and had no more power. 
If he had killed buffalo four times for the people he might have mar- 
ried and still kept his power; but before killing buffalo four times he 
married and so he lost his power. 
48. THE FLINT MAN." 
A man went alone to a far-away country. For many, many days he 
traveled and at last he came to a prairie country. As he was going 
through the prairie country he saw something at a distance that spar- 
kled. He went up to the object that sparkled, and found that it was a 
man made of flint. The flint man spoke to the man and said, ‘‘ Nawa,”’ 
and then spoke again and said: ‘‘Sit down and smoke with me.” The 
flint man reached and took a pipe which was made from a stick, for there 
was no stone bowl at the end. The stone man filled the stick with 
native tobacco, gave it to the man, and told him to light it. Theman 
began to smoke, and as the smoke got into his eyes, the stone man spoke 
and said: ‘‘You shall not see me for a while.’”’ The man looked to the 
place where the flint man sat, but could not see him. He again heard 
the voice of the flint man saying: ‘‘I can see people far away. I am 
made of flint, but I have powers from the gods to transform myself into 
anything that I want to be. Now I want to turn into a man.” 
The man looked and saw a man sitting in the place where the flint 
man had been. The man then said: ‘‘I shall give you power to turn into 
stone, and I shall also give you power to call the rain. When there is 
no rain, and the people need the rain very badly, then take this flint 
that I shall give you and lift it to heaven and then place it on the ground, 
sprinkle water on it, and clouds will form in the west, and the clouds will 
come and it will rain. You are poor, but I shall make you a powerful 
man. I shall now become a piece of flint, and shall go with you wherever 
you go. When you have returned to your people, heal the sick by placing 
me upon the pains. I will remove the pains and the sick will become 
Told by White-Sun, Kitkehahki. The tale illustrates the respect paid by the 
Pawnee to the flint which they usedin arrow heads, knives, etc. It especially teaches, 
on the part of boys, respect for flint and the belief in general that flint had its origin 
from the powers in the west, especially in lightning. 
