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the people broke camp and went off. Proud-Boy’s people looked for 
him, but could not find him. Some of the people said that they had seen 
him going towards the timber, and the father said, ‘‘My son must have 
been eaten by wild animalsin the timber.’’ The people began to mourn 
for Proud-Boy, for they thought that he must be dead. 
Proud-Boy went through the timber. Now and then he came to a 
hilly place thick with cedars on the side of the hills. There the water- 
dogs dwelt. , In the timber he saw many wonderful birds. The magpies 
came close to him and all kinds of birds flocked to him. and the owls 
hooted, although it was daytime; but Proud-Boy did not hear or see the 
birds. His mind was always on the girl he loved and he thought of her 
constantly. He came to a thick willowy place and there he saw a girl, 
whom he thought to be the girl he loved. He ran to her and threw his 
arms about her neck; then he found it was a black-tail deer. The deer 
- jumped up and threw him to the ground. He stood up and looked about. 
For a time he felt dazed; then he cried. While he was crying, he heard 
the owls hooting close by him. Then he heard a bear, then a mountain- 
lion roaring close by him. He felt afraid and a shiver ran over him. 
He said: ‘Kill me, for I no longer care to live. The one I cared for 
is gone from me.’’ Again he heard some strange sounds. The screech- 
owl hooted so near him that it made him sleepy and he lay down and 
went to sleep. Towards evening before sunset he awoke. The birds 
were sitting all around him and one said: ‘‘My son, we take pity upon 
you. You are poor in heart. We have nothing to give you except the 
root that you seein the center. We all eat it when we are sick. We all 
eat it when we are wounded. Take a piece of it. Carry it with you and 
we will always be near you.” 
Night came, and the owls and the water-dogs came to him and gave 
him great powers. Towards morning, when the birds were flying around 
in a circle, singing their songs, a Buffalo came and said: ‘“‘My son, you 
shall have a robe. My power is the Sun. When you get a robe, paint 
upon it the symbol of the Sun; and if you should ever be killed, have the 
robe thrown over your body and all these birds and animals will come 
and wake you from your sleep. Through life the Sun will always shine 
upon you and warm you.”’ The Buffalo went off and the boy went to 
sleep again. He found himself in the animals’ lodge. The Bear came 
to him and said: ‘‘ We are of four kinds, Grizzly, Cinnamon, Black, and 
White Bear. I represent the Grizzly and the Cinnamon Bear. I give 
you power to have a spirit like mine. You shall conquer the enemy. 
You shall know about the different roots and herbs, so that you can make 
medicine. When you go to your people, have them make a tipi for you, 
