382 THE ORIGIN OF MEDICINE CEREMONIES OR POWER. 
he should be their leader; that he was possessed of more powers than 
they were. 
For a number of years the man lived with the people. One day the 
woman said to her husband: ‘‘I must now goto my people. My chil- 
Gren are with you. They know of our ways,and whatever they may not 
know, teach them, for I can not remain with you any longer.’’ Before 
the man could say anything, the woman went out of the lodge, changed 
into a black-tail Deer, and ran away. The man saw her go. He stayed 
with his people and cared for his children, but he was always unhappy. 
The children grew up and bothmarried. The boy possessed great powers 
as did his father. When the man saw that his children were happy he 
took his quiver, bow, and arrows, and went into the woods and never 
returned to his people. 
101. THE DEER DANCE.* 
Many, many years ago a nan wandered away from the village and 
was for many years upon the mountains. While he was there he lay 
down upon a high mound and went to sleep. He had a dream, and in 
_the dream he saw a man standing near him who had black paint over his 
body. He had a buffalo robe around him. This man spoke to him in 
the dream and said: ‘‘My brother, I came for you. I am the messenger 
in a Deer dance which is being carried on at the foot of the mountains 
in acave. You must go to that place, for the people there are anxious 
that you should take part in our ceremonies. The ceremony they wish 
to give you, so that you can take it back to your people.”’ 
After the man was through speaking he started off. He spoke again 
and said, ‘‘You must go in the direction I go.”” When the man awoke 
he looked around to see if he could see the man. Instead of the man he 
heard some one speaking to him from the sky. He looked up to the sky 
and there he saw a Raven flying around, and it was this Raven who was 
speaking to him and telling him to go to the place. The man did not 
pay any attention to the Raven. He felt queerly. He wanted to leave 
the place. He was scared. All at once the Raven flew down past the 
man and spoke to him, telling him to do as directed in his dream. As 
soon as the Raven spoke to him and told him which way to go, there was 
a great noise in the distance. After a while he found out that the noise 
1Told by Roaming-Fox, a young Pitahauirat man, the keeper of the Deer dance. 
in his band. The story serves as a warning to young men when away from home 
to be as alert as possible, as they, too, might be taken into a similar lodge and receive 
mysterious power. 
