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came and in their fury they did not see the stones which encircled the 
village, and they ran into them and broke their horns and skulls against 
the hard wall. They became wild with excitement and began to kill one 
another. After that they ran in every direction and scattered all over 
the land. The next day the stones which were around the village had 
become small again and were their natural size. The people left these 
stones in a circle and went off to another country to kill buffalo. The 
stones were left in a circle, to remind the people that at one time one of 
their number had placed them in a circle to save his people from being 
destroyed by the buffalo. 
Years afterwards the man lost the stone which he had in his posses- 
sion. He tried to find it, but he could not, for some one had stolen it from 
him. The gods in the heavens were angry at him because he had lost 
the stone. They sent a rain storm from the west. He saw the storm 
coming and told the people that Lightning was going to take him and 
_ that he was to be placed in the heavens as one of the gods. The storm 
came and lightning struck the man and killed him instantly. The people 
were afraid to touch him, and so they let him alone, and moved away to 
another country. 
49. THE TURKEY RITUAL.’ 
One day the crier ran out and shouted, so that all of the people in the 
village could hear, that there were a great many warriors coming to the 
village. When the people who were left inside the lodges heard that 
Warriors were coming they all turned out. Even Spider-Woman, who 
had her lodge farther away from the village, went with them. The peo- 
ple went outside of the village to meet the great company of warriors. 
As they came near they saw that they were Turkeys. The old man 
shouted and said: ‘‘Everybody keep quiet and we will hear from these 
warriors where they have been.’’ Old Gobbler began to sing: 
Yonder are acorns hanging upon the trees. 
Yonder are acorns hanging upon the trees. 
Far away by walking we will arrive. 
There where the blue clay lies under the earth. 
Yonder are acorns hanging upon the trees. 
Yonder are acorns hanging upon the trees. 
And that is why 
Our coats are shiny and oily. 
1Told by Thief, Kitkehahki. This tale is similar to many others in which the 
buffalo voluntarily offer themselves to people for food. Besides the interesting 
references in the tale which afford explanations of certain rites, the story is in- 
teresting because it teaches the young men that a prophet is without honor in his 
own country. In other words, to obtain the favor of the young women they must 
go off into the enemy’s country and perform deeds of valor. The paints referred 
to in the tale are supposed to be those found in the color of the turkey’s coat. 
