PROUD-BOY AND THE ANIMAL MEDICINE. ‘ 325 
the boys were playing he would ride among them and command them to 
stop making a noise. Then he would tell of how he longed to fight in 
battle; of how he would kill and take a scalp. After he had boasted 
this way he would ride to his tipi, get off of his pony, and turn it 
loose.. The children would go home and tell how Proud-Boy acted 
and what he said, but the people did not pay any attention. The 
children then gave him the name of Proud-Boy. Still he came every 
day, either riding or walking, to the place where the boys were playing, 
and continued to boast. 
The people killed many buffalo while out on the hunt. After they 
had dried the meat they turned eastward and started to their village. 
When they came to their village they had many ceremonies of thanks- 
giving for their successful hunt, and they offered the tongue and heart of 
many buffalo to the godsin the heavens. They did not have to go on the 
hunt the following winter, for the buffalo came in droves to their village. 
During the winter Proud-Boy asked his father to kill a young buffalo 
bull and to take its scalp, leaving the hornsupon it. The father killeda 
bull and brought home the scalp, which was tanned and fixed up as the 
boy directed. He also asked that several buffalo be killed to make him 
a tipi, for he wanted to live by himself. The women sewed together the 
tanned skins, and while they worked Proud-Boy went through the camp 
and selected men whom he had heard were good at drawing pictures and 
asked them to paint his tipi. The men came, and the tipi was spread 
upon the ground to be painted as Proud-Boy directed. The first picture 
drawn was that of the Cinnamon Bear, which was at the outside of the 
entrance to the southeast. The Bear was painted standing, with its 
fore legs upward. The Grizzly Bear was drawn upon the northeast side, 
north of the entrance. The Mountain-Lion was then drawn next to the 
Cinnamon Bear, with its mouth wide open. Buffalo were then drawn 
all around the tipi. Then the Eagle was drawn on the west side at the 
top of the tipi. Then the Owls were drawn, the Red on the south side 
of the Eagle and the Black on the north side of the Eagle. All kinds 
of birds were drawn all over the tipi. When this was done, Proud-Boy 
told his father to select women to go out and cut cedar poles for the tipi. 
Women were selected and the poles were brought and prepared. The 
tipi was then folded and put away. 
In the spring, the Kitkehahki began again to make preparation for 
the big ceremony.’ They left their permanent camp and selected a 
1Tn the race there was a willow stuck by the place where the old men stood, and 
whoever should come out first was to take the willow and stick it in the ground, 
thus marking the center of the circle in which to hold the ceremony. The one who 
did this received presents, though he did not keep them, for they were offered to 
the gods. 
