288 THE ORIGIN OF MEDICINE CEREMONIES OR POWER. 
will find the buffalo.’”’ Stone-Man took the young man home and gave 
him a seat by the side of the girl in the lodge. 
In the night, the three sat around the fireplace, and Stone-Man began 
to talk to the young man and tell him what was expected of him. The 
young man did not understand what he wanted and so he did not say 
anything. At last Stone-Man told the two to go to bed. When they lay 
down they had to lie still, for whenever the boy moved Stone-Man would 
grunt and say: ‘‘Why do youmove? Lie still.’’ They had to lie still all 
through the night. When the girl tried to tell the boy something, Stone- 
Man knew it. When he found out that the boy had no power of any 
kind, he said: ‘‘My son, although you lay by my daughter, you are not 
married to her. To-day we are to play the hoop game. We must play 
inside of the lodge.’’ Now, at the south of the lodge it was dark and 
there was a hole from which a hot stream issued. No one knew what 
this was except Stone-Man. They began to play the game. The ring 
was rolled and the sticks were thrown. Every time that the young man 
threw his stick, Stone-Man began to grunt and tried to trip him. As 
they ran from north to south Stone-Man began to grunt, and when they 
came to the south end of the lodge he threw the boy into the hole. A 
few days afterwards Stone-Man again invited the men to his lodge. He 
selected another man to be his son-in-law. He treated this young man 
as he did the other one, and he, too, was thrown into the hole where the 
boiling water was. Hedidthistomany other youngmen. Every time he 
took a son-in-law, he promised the people buffalo. 
In his wanderings Animal-Boy was told by the animals where the 
people were and what was being done to the young men of the tribe. 
The animals promised the youth protection and they told him to go 
to his people. Animal-Boy traveled west until he found his people. 
Animal-Boy arrived just as the men were going into the lodge of Stone-Man, 
and so he went with them. He stood among the men, and when Stone- 
Man saw him, he said: ‘‘I want the young man with the woodpecker 
cap upon his head.’’ The boy went with the Stone-Man, but first asked 
permission to take two of his errand men. Stone-Man gave him permis- 
sion. As they entered the lodge, Stone-Man said: ‘‘My son, I want 
you to send one of your errand men to tell the chief that there will be 
many buffalo near the camp by daylight.’’ Animal-Boy sent one of his 
men to the chief. The people were glad to hear it. In the night, when 
_the people had all gone to bed, the girl said: “‘I think I know you. I 
hope you will kill my father, for he has killed many young men.” 
Animal-Boy spoke and said: ‘‘I am afraid that I can not kill your father, 
but the animals are with me and with their help I may kill him.”’ As 
whens ergs 
