284 THE ORIGIN OF MEDICINE CEREMONIES OR POWER. 
saw something strange happening. There seemed to be sparkling of fire 
going up from the robe of the young man. There was some kind of 
power upon the robe that made it look like many lights. The next 
morning Crow-Feathers saw that Burnt-Belly was handsome and 
dressed very fine. Crow-Feathers tried to imitate him in dress. His 
wife was mad at herself, for when Burnt-Belly first came to their tipi his 
wife asked her sister if she could pour some water into her bowl, so she 
could wash, and the sister refused. The next morning the older sister said; 
‘“You may take my bowl and let your husband wash his face init.’ The 
younger girl refused and said: ‘‘I have my own bowl for my husband.”’ 
The next day Burnt-Belly went off through the timber and caught a 
woodpecker and took it home. The next morning he told his wife to 
follow him, for he was going to his grandmother’s to eat. He placed 
the woodpecker upon the top of his head. As they went on, the wood- 
pecker flopped its wings and whistled. Crow-Feathers saw that the boy 
had a woodpecker and so he went out into the timber and somehow he 
caught a woodpecker and took it home. In the night Crow-Feathers 
saw the sparkling upon the young man’s robe. He grunted and with 
the branch of a tree he struck the bed of hot coals. Then he threw the 
coals upon his robe. Early in the morning he found that he had burnt 
his robe, but nevertheless he took the woodpecker and tied it upon the 
hair on top of his head and said to his wife: ‘‘Let us go out; the people 
ought to see my power.’’ Crow-Feathers went out and the woodpecker 
began to peck his head. It pecked it until it began to bleed and the blood 
ran down his face. His wife ran up to him and said: ‘‘ You are being 
hurt. Take the bird off and let it fly away.’’ The girl took the bird off 
and it flew away. 
One day Burnt-Belly told the chief to tell the crier to tell all the 
young men to tie their ponies close by, for some of them were to go out 
and look for buffalo. There was joy throughout the camp and the men 
staked out their ponies. Early in the morning there were several men 
selected to go out and look for buffalo. They were told to go to certain 
hills. They went to the hills, but they saw no buffalo, and so they came 
back. The young man then told the chief to tell the crier to go through 
the village and make known to the men that they were to go to a certain 
place, for the men had brought news that buffalo were sleeping in the 
valley. The men got upon their ponies and gathered at the chief’s tipi. 
The chief led them out. Crow-Feathers was glad, for he went, while 
Burnt-Belly stayed home. ; 
The men went out to the hills and when they were upon the hill the 
men who had gone out said: ‘‘It is here that we were and we saw no 
