AI4 THE ORIGIN OF MEDICINE CEREMONIES OR POWER. 
114. HANDSOME-BOY.’ 
Many years ago, while the people had their villages upon the plains, 
there was born a male child who was called Handsome-Boy. His par- 
ents were very careful with him, and kept him hidden most of the time 
in an enclosed place upon the bed in their earth-lodge. They were very 
proud of their son and always kept him clean and clothed him in the 
best clothing that could be found in the village. Once in a while the 
boy would be allowed to go out and play with the children. Aftera 
while he grew up to be a handsome young man. His father was very 
careful not to talk with him about the war parties that went out, and 
not to let him attend the dances given to the victorious warriors when 
they returned with ponies and scalps, for fear that he might want to go 
on the war-path. He was all the time closely guarded, but whenever 
he went out he overheard people talking about the war parties. 
One night after most of the young men in the village had gone on the 
wart-path he did not sleep, but lay awake thinking of the other young men 
who had gone on the war-path, and wondering why his parents would not 
allow him to go. Some time after midnight he heard a woman near 
his bed. The boy asked the woman what she wanted, and the woman 
said: ‘‘ You ought to know why Iam here.”’ The boy said: ‘‘I know not 
what you mean.”’ The woman kept on telling him that he knew why 
she was there. At last the woman spoke plainly and said: “I came to 
lie with you.”’ The boy said: ‘‘No, you must go to your home; I do not 
care to lie with you.’”’ The woman jumped on the young man, and the 
young man became angry and struck her and kicked her so that she 
fell from his bed. The woman became mad and said: ‘‘Young man, 
I came to lie with you and you will not lie with me. You are not a great 
warrior that women should come and try to be with you. You are only 
a boy whose name is Handsome-Boy. You have won no great name 
by your deeds. The young men of the village are now making the earth 
ring with their shouts as they start forth on the war-path, and here you 
are lying asleep. I do not care if you do not wish me to lie with you. 
I hope that the women of the tribe will have nothing to do with you what- 
ever, for you do not go on the war-path, neither do you know how to kill 
the buffalo. You stay inside of the lodge day after day and night after 
night.’”’ The woman went out from the lodge. 
The boy lay there and thought: ‘‘This woman has told the truth. 
I may be handsome, but I do not gain anything by lying around here 
and permitting my parents to pet me. To-night I must bea man and go 
tTold by Little-Chief, Pitahauirat. 
