390 THE ORIGIN OF MEDICINE CEREMONIES OR POWER. 
began to roll in the dust; then they came to the man and gave him roots 
and told him that the roots were good for the sick. Then one of the 
Coyotes arose and said: ‘‘We will give you this root and if any man is 
bitten by a mad dog give this medicine to him. He will then get well 
and not go mad. The other medicines are good for the urine and for 
pains.”’ 
A Wolf stood up next, rolled in the dust, then arose and gave to the 
man a whistle, and said: “I give you the whistle. When anybody is 
sick, use this whistle and the person will be made well.’’ Then another 
Wolf arose and said: ‘‘I give you this bone with which to kill people. 
You must kill people, consecrate them, and give them as an offering 
to the gods.’”” Then a Coyote arose and said: “I go around in the 
night and no one sees me, and I get things to eat. This bone that I give 
you to use as a club represents me.’’ Then another Coyote stood up 
and rolled in the dust. He gave the man a piece of bone with the skull 
of a Coyote on it. This Coyote said: ‘‘Take this bone. If anyone 
attempts to poison or bewitch you, lay the bone on your forehead and 
you will kill them. My power is in the bone.” The man spoke and 
said: ‘“‘This is enough. I thank you. Wolves and Coyotes, I am 
glad.’”’ Coyote took the man back to the village. ‘“‘When you get 
home,”’ he said, ‘‘take this whistle. Blow it before you get home. 
Blow hard and we will hear it; all the Coyotes and Wolves will hear it.” 
The man did as he was told and heard the Coyotes howl in the distance. 
The man arrived home. After several days he heard of a man who 
could not make water. He went to him and doctored him until he was 
cured. 
104. THE SCALPED-MAN MEDICINE.’ 
A long time ago a war party went to the Comanche country to cap- 
ture ponies. The warriors captured so many ponies that they began to 
organize another party as soon as they arrived home. The second party 
had anything but the success of the first party. It was surrounded, at- 
tacked, and lost many ponies and the lives of some of the bravest warriors. 
They ran in terror from the enemy, and many of the wounded fell by the 
way, unable to go farther. Among these was one man who was wounded 
in the leg. He managed to keep up with the others until night came and 
they camped. During the night his wound grew worse, and at daylight 
1Told by Sun-Chief, Skidi. The belief in scalped people has already been re- 
ferred to. The tale teaches that travelers away from home should not be afraid 
of these scalped people, because they have the ability of conferring power. The 
story is also interesting because it shows the existence among the Pawnee of the 
power of ventriloquism. 
