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with the stone upon it. He could not find the bundle; it was lost. All 
the people who knew the Stone-Medicine-Men’s ceremony have died and 
the ceremony no longer exists. 
80. THE STONE-MAN MEDICINE-LODGE. ' 
Tirawa created a man and woman and put them upon the earth. 
They had two sons and many daughters. When they grew up each of 
the two sons took a wife. Then the old man, who was called by his chil-. 
dren Man-from-the-East (Pitahauirat), said: ‘‘I have onelodge. We can 
not all live in this lodge. Letus make another lodge to the right, where 
my older son will live with his family. Then let us make another lodge 
to the left of us and there my younger son will live with his family. The 
tipi to my right, with all the other tipis which shall be placed about it 
in the future, shall be known as Leading-Village (Chaui); and the tipi to 
the left, with all other tipis that shall be placed about it in the future, 
shall be known as Small-Village (Kitkehahki). The old man taught his 
two sons the bundle ceremonies and gave them bundles that were some- 
thing like the original bundles which he had kept. These bundles were 
known as Kawarakis. 
The family of the son who placed his tipi to the right made its vil- 
lage somewhere near Nemaha, Nebraska. The other family went farther 
south and made their village near Little Nemaha, Nebraska. The other 
families stayed behind and they increased very rapidly. The old man 
said to his sons: ‘‘Your two lodges must face the west, as mine does. 
As your families increase, you must make more lodges and they must all 
face east.’’ Again he spoke and said: ‘‘Your descendants, my oldest 
son, shall communicate with the animal gods. They will teach you the 
mysteries of the different herbs and roots that are under the ground. 
You shall be a great medicine-man. You, my younger son, shall under- 
stand the stones that are set in many places over the land. The stones 
will teach you their mysteries, their power, and their strength. My 
people who remain here with me shall know the sacred things that belong 
to Tirawa, and we shall be known as ‘‘Tirawa people.” 
The two sons went their ways, and the old man with his family 
remained where he was. The Kitkehahki went south; the Chaui went 
west; the Pitahauirat stayed east. The Pitahauirat were known to bea 
people who were favored by Tirawa. The Chaui were known to be a people 
watched over by the heavenly gods. The Kitkehahki people had many 
1Told by Good-Food-in-Kettle, Kitkehahki. This tale, while recounting the 
origin of a certain medicine-lodge and certain migratory movements, is in part a 
hero story. 
