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her. Then she was taken by her grandfather, who took some fresh fat 
from the holy meat and greased her withit. She was told to be seated on 
the north side of the lodge. When the singing was all finished, all offer- 
ings of meat and corn were first given to the girl, then to the others. The 
girl was given meat, then the priest took her by the hand and placed her 
by her grandfather, who, after the ceremony, led her home. 
At this time Proud-Boy told his father that he wanted to marry the 
girl, The girl was now known as Yellow-Corn, for the reason that she 
represented Mother-Yellow-Corn. The father spoke and said: “My 
son, you can not marry Yellow-Corn. You have not walked over this 
earth to the enemy’s camp, you have no scalps over your tipi, you have 
no ponies staked out around our tipi, you have not brought in any small 
game, and you can not yet shoot the buffalo under the shoulder.” ‘‘I 
know,”’ said the boy, “‘but my father is a great chief. He can give many 
ponies for his son. He has men who will kill buffalo for his son. My 
father has many scalps. What more do you want?’ But his father 
said: ‘‘My son, you can not have Yellow-Corn, for you have made no 
sacrifice to the heavens; the heavens have not seen nor received your 
smoke. Do not think about marrying Yellow-Corn. You shall marry 
when I think best.’’ The boy was sad. 
That winter he was not the sameasusual. His grandfather made him 
bow and arrows and he wandered about over the country. In the spring 
his people had many ceremonies, but the other tribes were not invited. 
The following winter the people went on a buffalo hunt and brought 
much dried buffalo meat back to camp. In the meantime the boy grew 
up, but he was not the same boy that he had been. He sat about his 
father’s lodge with his head down, until he went to his bed. He did not 
care to play with the boys nor to listen to the talk of the old men. The 
next spring some people came from the other tribe and told that Yellow- 
Corn had married the greatest warrior in the village. The boy heard 
it. He was angry. He would not speak to anybody. His mind was 
disturbed. He threw away his bow andarrows. The robe that had been 
given him he laid aside. The leggings that had been given him he gave 
to his mother. 
Again the time came for the people to go hunting. They went north 
to the Platte River, where there was thick timber and hills. The thick 
timber was full of owls and birds of all kinds and many wonderful ani- 
mals. On the side of the hills were holes, and the people said that they 
were the homes of the water-dogs, which possessed magic power. One 
morning Proud-Boy awoke and went to the timber. He came to the 
timber. Hecame to the homes of the water-dogs, and while he was there 
