410 THE ORIGIN OF MEDICINE CEREMONIES OR POWER. 
The women held her. The wood they had gathered they put upon their 
backs and went home. On the way the girl became very wild. 
When they reached home her uncle, a medicine-man, was sent for. 
As soon as he entered he said that the girl must have seen one of those 
wonderful little people. ‘‘It is human; it has wonderful powers; it is 
not a fox,’’ said he. The man ordered some live coals to be placed upon 
the ground where the girl was held down. He untied his medicine 
bundle and put some herbs upon the live coals. The smoke came up 
and the women placed the girl over the smoke, so that she could inhale 
it. The man then prepared some medicine, which was given to the girl. 
She began to vomit, and she threw up white clay mixed with fox hair. 
Then the man began to draw upon her body withhis mouth. Inthis way 
the hair was taken from out her limbs, arms, legs, and body. Smoke 
was again placed before the girl, and she began to get better. The man 
then told the people that if there were any more hairs left in her body 
that they would in time break out. That is what is called undoing the 
bad medicine from animals. When the woman became of middle age 
she complained of a pain in her wrists. There was a breaking out, and 
when the white clay came out she began to get well. She lived to a good 
old age and had many children. 
111. GHOST-MAN WHO BECAME A WHIRLWIND.’* 
A long time ago there was a man who lived in graveyards. He 
would never stay at home. One time he came into the village, and 
while walking through the village people saw whirlwinds about him. 
The whirlwinds came up by him and disappeared. People said that the 
man must be a ghost. He once heard of a man who was very sick, for a 
ghost or whirlwind had surrounded him and wanted to take his spirit 
away. Ghost-Man went and asked that he might attend the sick man, 
and he was given permission. Ghost-Man sat down by the sick man, 
picked up dust and threw it up in the air. This formed a whirlwind 
which enveloped the man and he became well. Ghost-Man went home 
and claimed no pay. 
Other people were affected by the same sickness, and Ghost-Man 
went and made them well. Once a man was taken sick because he had 
dreamed of dead people. Ghost-Man went to him and, instead of 
1Told by Big-Crow, Kitkehahki. Apart from the fact that the story gives 
expression to a belief in ghosts, it especially teaches that people should be extremely 
careful when seeking the services of a medicine-man. 
