420 THE ORIGIN OF MEDICINE CEREMONIES OR POWER. 
you must return to your people.”” The boy left the wonderful being 
and ran with the things which were given to him. He ran for a long 
distance until he finally came to the entrance of the cave. He looked 
for his pony, and he saw it there again; also his other things. Then he 
put the saddle on his pony and started north. | 
Night came and the wonderful being came to him in a dream again 
and told him to continue traveling on to the north. The next day he 
went on again until night overtook him. He lay down to sleep and the 
being came to him again in a dream and told him that the next day he 
must cut little pieces from each scalp; that he must string these pieces 
of scalp on a string and must wear them on his breast; that he would in 
time have scalps all over his leggings and all over his breast, and then 
he would be known asa great man. The next day the boy did as he was 
told. He had several scalps,and he cut little pieces from each one and 
put them on a string and wore them upon his breast. He continued 
his journey, and when he lay down to sleep the being came to him again 
and said: ‘‘My son, your people are near at hand. I forgot to tell you 
that your father and mother have adopted another boy in your place, 
and that they think of him and love him just as they did you. They 
thought that you were dead. When you reach the village of your people 
and see your parents caressing the other boy, you must not get angry. 
You have been to the Spirit-Land and you must not show resentment.” 
The boy went on, and the next day, some time in the afternoon, he saw 
the village. Just outside he met a boy, and the boy asked him who he 
was, where he was from, and where he belonged. He said: ‘‘I belong to 
your people. I have been away. I am a warrior and I am just return- 
ing.’’ The boy then said: ‘‘ Warrior, let us go into the village and go 
to my lodge. My father and mother will be glad to have you with us. 
After you have been with us a few days you may hunt your people and 
go to them.”’ The young warrior was glad. 
They entered the village and went to the boy’s house and he was 
kindly received there. They gave him plenty to eat and a good place 
to sleep. The people who had seen him enter with his scalps and war 
bonnet came and asked about the warrior who had arrived in the village, 
and invited him to the Crazy-Dog dance to dance with them. Hand- 
some-Boy said that he would go with them. While there he saw his 
father and mother, but he thought: ‘‘I will stay here to-night and 
to-morrow I will gotothem. I will give all these scalps to my father.” 
The next morning Handsome-Boy’s mother came and invited the young 
man to bring the stranger to their lodge, for they wanted to see him. 
Handsome-Boy hastened to go to his father and mother. He did not 
