406 THE ORIGIN OF MEDICINE CEREMONIES OR POWER. 
When they found the village of the enemy, they went in at night and 
killed one or two people and took their scalps. They returned home. 
The people then discovered that it was Burnt-Belly who was taking the 
son of the chief away on the war-path. On the hunt Burnt-Belly killed 
many buffalo, so that now his grandmother had a fine tipi. The Dog 
said to the boy, ‘‘Four times you shall come with scalps into the village 
and then you must get a woman for a wife.’’ The boy went upon the 
war-path four times, and each time he returned with a scalp. At this 
time he was recognized throughout the village as a great warrior. He 
went and asked for a girl and the girl was given to him. He married her. 
The young man was sorry that he had married, for the chief’s son wanted 
him to stay single so that he could follow him on the war-path. 
Some of the young men kept after him and asked him to go on the 
war-path. At last he consented. When he consented to goon the war- 
path, the Dog came to him and said: ‘‘Go. I shall watch over your 
wife while you are away.’’ The young man went. The party captured 
many ponies and killed one or two of the enemy. They returned to 
their village. On the way the Dog met them, wagging his tail. The 
man knew that all was right; that his wife had behaved herself well. . 
Many times the young man went as a leader of the warriors. Once 
while the young man was on the war-path another young man decided 
that he would visit the young man’s wife. He went into the lodge where 
the girl was. The Dog was on the bed. When the young man came 
close to the bed the Dog growled. The woman began to kick the Dog. 
When the man got into the bed he kicked the Dog out. The Dog went 
out of the lodge and went to the lodge of the grandmother. When the 
young man came back with the victorious party the Dog did not come 
to meet him. The boy was hurt, for he knew that something was wrong. 
He went to where the Dog was, and the Dog came to him. Then the 
young man took the Dog out of the lodge, went up on the top of a high 
hill,and there they sat down. The people in the village saw the young 
man sitting with the Dog. Man after man went up on top of the hill 
with a pipe to try to get the man to smoke,so that he would come back 
into the village. The boy refused to smoke, for the Dog had told him 
all that had happened. Finally the chief’s son came with his pipe. 
Burnt-Belly said: ‘‘My brother, it is too late. I can not go down with 
you. Had you come before any of these other people, I could have gone 
down with you. But, my brother, I shall always sit upon the hill with 
my Dog. When you are upon the war-path, come up, let me know what 
you want, and it may be that I can help you. See, I am turning into 
+A common method of healing a breach of this nature. 
