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well. Now I shall turn into a small stone. Take me and carry me to 
your people. Smoke with me and talk to me and I will listen to your 
prayers.’’ The man who was sitting down turned into flint and the stone 
grew smaller and smaller until it became a very little stone. The man 
picked it up and he saw that on one side of the stone was the picture of 
the sun; on the other side, the picture of the moon and several stars. 
He took the stone home and placed it on the altar in the west of the 
lodge. He invited several of his friends, and as his friends came in they 
brought presents of black handkerchiefs and buckskin to make a cover- 
ing for the stone. The man who found the stone filled his pipe and 
gave four whiffs to the stone, four whiffs to the ground, and then dumped 
the ashes in front of the stone. Then he wrapped a black handkerchief 
about the stone, and then wrapped buckskin about it for an outer cover- 
ing. The bundle was tied and placed to the side of the lodge. 
The possessor of the stone heard of a wonderful being that lived close 
to a big lake. He was told that the monster lay upon the banks of the 
great lake, and killed all who came near. This man made up his mind 
that he would go and visit this monster. He started, and when he got 
. Close to the lake he saw the monster lying upon the banks of the lake. 
He saw many human bones and skulls scattered around the monster. 
As the man came nearer, the monster began to groan as ifinpain. The 
man went close to the monster and asked what the trouble was. The 
monster said: ‘“‘I have a pain in my back. If you will be kind enough 
to step upon my back I will be thankful.’’ The man said that he would 
do so, but before he did he spoke to his stone and said: “‘My brother, 
turn me into flint so that I may kill this monster.’”’ The man jumped 
on the monster and as he jumped he saw several sharp bones sticking 
up from the monster’s back. Instead of sticking into the flesh of the 
man, the bones broke as they struck him, for he had turned into flint. 
After all of the bones were broken by striking against the man of flint, 
the man walked to the monster’s head and jumped until he had pounded 
the monster’s brains out with his flint feet. 
The man went home and told the people that he had killed the mon- 
ster which was upon the banks of the lake. The people went there and 
found the monster dead. They cut the monster up, took fat and flesh 
from different parts of its body, and mixed their medicines with it. 
The man heard that in a certain part of the country there were seven 
spotted calves that tried to kill people and were very dangerous. He 
went to the place and saw the spotted calves sliding down a hill on sleds 
strung together with buffalo ribs. When the spotted buffalo calves 
saw the man coming they asked him if he would like to slide down the 
hill with them, and he said that he would. They gave him a sled and 
