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another of the same kind. Then he placed one stick across his flint 
knife and another one on top of it, and began to rub. The place was 
sandy and he picked up sand and threw into the hole where he was rubbing. 
He continued to rub, and after a while fire sparks began to drop out. 
A little later he picked up some dried grass and placed it near the place 
where the sparks were falling. He kept on working until the grass 
blazed up. Then he placed dry limbs upon the burning grass and soon 
he had a fire. He went out and killed game and brought the meat to 
the fire and roasted some of it, and ate it. He was thankful for the 
knife and the fire sticks. He placed the fire sticks in his quiver and went 
on. Hecame to avillage of Prairie Dogs, and when he was lying there ke 
dreamed again and saw this mysterious being again, who said: ‘* You 
must go and kill several buffalo and you must remain here at this place 
until I tell you when to go away.”’ 
The young man awoke. It was then daylight and he went and 
mounted one of his horses and rode to where he saw a drove of buffalo. 
He rode among them and killed one buffalo with his bow and arrows. 
He took the meat to where he had his things, threw it off from the horse, 
and began to jerk it. He gathered alot of wood and piled it up near the 
meat. Then he took his fire sticks again and made fire. When he had 
made the fire he roasted the meat and ate it. After he had eaten he 
jerked the rest of the meat and placed it out in the sun to dry. There 
he remained for a number of days. 
One night he lay down and went to sleep, and while he was asleep he 
heard many people dancing and singing, and he could hear the people 
shouting and saying: ‘‘Handsome-Boy has killed an enemy! Hand- 
some-Boy has scalped an enemy!’’ When he awoke it was dark and 
silent all around him. He lay down again and had another dream, and 
he saw the mysterious being again. The being said: ‘‘My son, to-day 
you are to find anenemy. You are to fight withhim. You are to over- 
power him and kill him. You must take his scalp, and dry it and keepit, 
for some time you will want it to hang upon your leggings.”’ After this 
the boy woke up and he looked around and it was stillinthe night. He 
lay down again and wenttosleep. He heard singing and dancing, but the 
singing was close to where he was and the people were shouting: ‘‘ Hand- 
some-Boy has killed the enemy and has taken the scalp.’’ They con- 
tinued to dance and the boy raised up, looked in the direction of the sing- 
ing, and he saw the people. Then he aroseand walked over to where the 
people were. As he came near he saw that they were not people, but 
Prairie Dogs that scattered and ran into their holes as he approached. 
The boy then went to his place and took some native tobacco from his 
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