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some one is coming into our lodge. Sit up and we will see who it is.”’ 
At the entrance there appeared two men who looked very thin, for they 
had had nothing to eat all the time they had been out. Stone-Man 
greeted them with, ‘‘Nawa,”’ and pointed to the side of the fire and told 
them to be seated. After they were seated Stone-Man asked them many 
questions, for he wanted to know what had become of Animal-Boy. 
Stone-Man was told that Animal-Boy lost his wife and then disappeared. 
stone-Man uttered a grunt of satisfaction. He said: ‘‘Daughter, fix 
something for these men to eat, for they have brought us news from our 
people.”’ The girl placed a pot upon the fire, then put some dried buffalo 
meat init. The men ate till they were filled; then they lay down by the 
fire. While they were resting, they heard strange noises in the lodge, 
and when they moved to find out what the noise was, Stone-Man spoke 
up and told them to lie still and not move. 
In the morning the two men were given something to eat; then Stone- 
Man told the girl to give each a parfleche filled with dry meat. He 
then said: ‘“‘Now you must go to your people. Tell them I am here 
and there are many buffalo here, and that I will give them something to 
eat. Tell them that I have a lodge here and that I do not get hungry. 
Now you may go.”” The young men put the meat upon their backs 
and went home. 
When they reached home, the young men told of the man in the west, 
and of many buffalo near the earth-lodge. The chiefs met in council and 
it was agreed to go to the place. Thus the Kitkehahki band went west, 
and with them some Chaui. When they got to the lodge, Stone-Man 
came out and told the people to make their camp south of the lodge. 
Then he told all of the men to come to his lodge, to get some meat. The 
girl brought the meat out and placed it on the ground. The men came, 
and the chiefs and leaders divided the meat. Stone-Man was all the 
time looking at the young men, for he wanted to select a husband for his 
daughter. At last he saw a handsome young man. He made up his 
mind to get the young man for his son-in-law. | 
The next day Stone-Man called all of the men to his lodge. When 
the young man came, he said to the men: ‘“‘I have a daughter. I want 
this young man to marry her.” The chief spoke up and said: ‘‘Leave 
it to the young man; if he is willing, let him marry her.’’ The girl was 
standing outside of the earth-lodge. She was dressed in fine buckskins 
and she had a yellow robe over her shoulders. The young man saw her 
and he liked her. He stepped forward and said: ‘‘I will go to your 
lodge, and I will do as you command me to do.” Stone-Man said: “I 
am satisfied. Now I give you a handful of buffalo. Go west and you 
