248 THE ORIGIN OF MEDICINE CEREMONIES OR POWER. 
his mother and woke her up. When she awoke she acted as though she 
were dreaming, but the boy told her that she was not dreaming; that 
he was really there. She arose, made a fire, woke the old man, and told 
him that the boy had come back. The old man arose and sat by the 
young boy near the fireplace. The boy told his father to go and call his 
relatives, saying that he wanted to get several presents from them, and 
that he wanted to take these presents to a certain place. The father 
did not ask any questions, for he knew that the boy was going to take 
the presents to some animals’ lodge. The man went out and called his 
friends in. When he told them what was needed, they all rose, went out, 
and brought the things that the boy had instructed them to get, and the 
gifts made a great pile. The people were glad to see him. His uncle 
offered to help carry all the things to the place for him. The young 
man told his uncle to bring a pony, put a saddle, and parfleches, one on 
each side, and then the other gifts, on its back. Then they traveled. 
When they came close to Pahuk, the young man told his uncle to 
take the things off from the pony’s back, and then he sent his uncle back 
home. The boy went to the edge of the bank and saw what looked like 
feathers on the waters, and he heard peculiar noises in the water. He 
rolled both the parfleches down into the water, one at a time; then he 
threw the gifts down; and after the gifts were all thrown down, he jumped 
over the steep bank into the water, and found himself in the animals’ 
lodge; and there he saw the two parfleches of meat inside, and the gifts. 
The animals were thankful for the presents that had been thrown into 
the water by the boy. There were so many animals in the lodge that 
they did not all receive presents, so they sent the boy out again and he 
went to the village and asked for more presents and took them to the 
animals’ lodge. Then he received more instructions as to how he should 
kill his enemies. The four little men told him that they were the animals 
who killed people or animals by simply making movements of the jaws; 
that they were going to ask him to kill the smallest one and skin it, but 
to leave the skull in the skin. The boy killed the smallest one, skinned 
it, leaving only the head part in the skin, and set it out to dry. When 
it was dry he picked up stones and rubbed the hide, so that it became 
soft. They told him that since he had this in his possession, he would 
have the same power that they had; if any of his enemies tried to poison 
him, all he had to do was to go down to the creek and think of the man 
who was trying to kill him; that he should take his hide, dip its nose in the 
water and pull it up, and when he should see a piece of liver in its mouth 
he might know that it had killed the man. All the different animals 
talked to him and told him of their mysteries, their roots and herbs, 
