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the Pawnee did not go. Finally the Potawatami sent another invita- 
tion to the Pawnee village, inviting the Pawnee to their village and ask- 
ing that they be sure to bring the young medicine-man. 
The Pawnee started on the journey to the Potawatami country. 
When they arrived, the Potawatami received them and were very good 
to them. The young medicine-man noticed one man who was particu- 
larly attentive to him. In the ceremonies that they had, the man wore 
an otter hide, which the young medicine-man knew was a witch. At 
other times the man wore a bear robe over his body. 
One night the Potawatami attacked this young medicine-man by 
throwing his medicines at him. The boy put on his medicine and then 
made motions with his hands, as if to catch something in the air. When 
he caught something he would place it on the fireplace, and the people 
would gather around and examine it, and there would be the sharp bones 
of the skeleton of a sunfish. When the war chief asked for the final 
ceremony, the Potawatami gave this medicine-man one pony and several 
gifts—such as pipes, robes, otter and beaver skins. In the night the 
young medicine-man told his friends to lie in a circle around him, for 
he was sure that some one was trying to bewitch him, and to have their 
ponies close by the tipi. All lay down, and late in the night the young 
man heard some one groaning outside, and all at once he saw some one in 
the entrance who kept crawling, crawling, crawling, until he came to him, 
then with a movement of the body and the flourish of an eagle wing, he 
turned as if satisfied and went out of the lodge. The young medicine- 
man arose, took up his medicine, followed this strange person up to his 
lodge, went into the lodge, and found the Potawatami just taking off 
his robe and talking to his wife. The young man took the skin of a 
mole, swung it, and threw it out at the Potawatami. Then he gave four 
groaning sounds, stamped his feet, and went out. The young medicine- 
man went back to the lodge where the others were, woke them up, and 
said, ‘‘Now, let us go.’’ The other men arose, mounted their ponies, 
and started. 
When they were outside of the village, the young medicine-man told 
the other men that somebody had bewitched him; that he was already 
bewitched; that he wanted them to ride just as fast as they could, so that 
they might reach the stream, and when they reached the stream they 
were to go right into the water; and that as they went through the water, 
the thing that was in him would try to climb out; and that as the thing 
stuck its head out of his mouth, they must, bya quick motion of the 
hand, catch the head and throw it away; if they were afraid to pull it 
out, then he must die. They whipped up their ponies and traveled 
