THE STONE-MAN MEDICINE-LODGE. 2Q1 
wolves were chosen. They stood side by side and the boy spread his 
robe over them and shook the robe. When the boy removed the robe, 
there were four wolf hides. The boy went home with the wolf hides. He 
gave the wolf hides and feathers to his wife and said: ‘‘Give these to 
your father.’ When Stone-Man received them, he said: ‘‘These are 
fine. This quiver, bow, and arrows shall be hung up in the southeast, 
inside the lodge. I want another quiver full of arrows and a bow, so 
that I can hang it up in the southwest of the lodge. Then I want an-’ 
other quiver to hang up in the northwest. Then I want another quiver 
to hang up in the northeast. Then I will be satisfied. ”’ 
The boy took the errand man into the timber, and there they made the 
other bows and arrows. They took the bows and arrows to the lodge. 
When they came back they tanned the wolves’ hides and made them 
into quivers. The quivers were then presented to Stone-Man, who was 
_astonished. ‘‘ Wonderful man! wonderful man! my son-in-law.’’ Many 
other things he asked of the boy, but with the aid of the animals the boy 
supplied all of his demands. 
At last, Stone-Man said: ‘‘My son, to-morrow we shall play the hoop 
game. We will see who wins. If you lose your life in the game, all the 
people shall turn intostone. If I lose, the spring in my lodge will bubble 
up, and the people will always remember that this was my home.” 
Animal-Boy went out in the night and cried. The animals came to him, 
one by one, and promised him aid. The Otter came and gave the boy 
a piece of root, and said: ‘‘ Keep this in your mouth, for Stone-Man will try 
to put you into the hole where the boiling water is.’’ The boy went into 
the lodge and lay down. Stone-Man grunted and said: ‘‘ Now, children, 
lie still and be good children; to-morrow we shall play with the sticks.”’ 
The girl took courage and said: ‘‘I hope you will kill my father, for he 
is very bad; he has thrown many young men into that boiling water.” 
The boy said nothing, but moved away from the girl. 
The next day Stone-Man took the sticks and ring down. He laid the 
sticks in the south side in the lodge and called the boy. The boy went. 
They took up the sticks and Stone-Man picked up the ring. They ran 
towards the north. Thering was thrown, then the sticks. They picked 
up the sticks and again they ran, this time toward the hole of the boiling 
water. After they ran back and forth several times, Stone-Man grunted 
and pushed the boy towards the hole. When Stone-Man touched the 
_boy and pushed him, the boy fell, struck the edge, and slid across the hole 
With the quickness of an otter. Several times Stone-Man pushed the 
boy, but he escaped every time. One time the boy turned into a real 
otter; then Stone-Man said: ‘‘I am beaten, so we will quit.’’ They 
