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into dogwood timber, where Long-Tongue stops to cut arrow shaft. Next she 
drops sinew, which becomes buffalo, thus detaining Long-Tongue, who stops to 
gather sinew. Again he stops to gather turkeys, caused by the girl dropping turkey 
feathers. Next she drops flint knife, which makes great gulch in earth, which checks 
Long-Tongue’s pursuit. Girl sees in front of her mound, outside which man is 
making bow. Girl explains her flight; is invited into mound by man, where she 
finds herself in lodge and sits down under sacred bundle. Long-Tongue now over- 
takes her and calls to owner of lodge to release her, but is struck on head by 
club and his skull split in two; but pieces immediately come together again. 
Next, man strikes him with flint axe. One 1e piece of skull flies to west into sky and 
becomes moon; other piece flies up into e east and becomes sun. Thus human 
images are found upon sun and moon. Woman lives with man and her younger 
brother. Later, other brothers return and they decide that girl should remain 
with them as their sister. They open bundle and she asks for ear of corn in it, which 
they finally give her, as she claims to be daughter of Evening-Star. She plants corn, 
which increases. In autumn she gives birth to child, whose father is North-Star, 
which visited her as redbird. Instructed by old man, woman now goes to her hus- 
bandin north. The six brothers go to east and begin traveling toward west. In 
time they are to be joined by woman and her child and North-Star, at which time 
world will come to an end. These seven brothers were great warriors and were 
Hawks. 
6. HOW EVENING-STAR’S DAUGHTER WAS OVERCOME. 
In east is village near river. The heavenly beings come down to earth and 
aided by their animals they build earth-lodge, over which Evening-Star’s daughter 
is to rule. She sends her four gods to watch over her daughter, who is guardian 
of bundle. Evening-Star, wife of Morning-Star, kept Morning-Star’s medi- 
cine objects in bundle, among which is war club. In lodge stands heavenly 
gods according to their places in heavens. Evening-Star, desiring that women 
should be superior to men, sends her daughter to kill off all young men. People of 
eastern village often try to visit western village, especially to marry daughter of 
Evening-Star, but are always killed. Poor boy fasting is visited by red-painted 
strange being ge being who wears leggings with scalps and feathers. Heis givenwar cluband 
is instructed how to win maiden. Boy returns home and asks old man to lead 
him to western village. They start west and are met by young girl. She strikes 
ground with war club and canyon appears in front of couple. Boy drops moc- 
casin which bears the symbol of Morning-Star into canyon, as he had been in- 
structed. Canyon closes; moccasin is returned. They continue and girl causes 
wide river in front of them, which is made to disappear by boy in same manner. 
Thick timber is thus also overcome. Animals appear from girl’s lodge that are 
overcome. Boy is told that before he can marry girl he must get baby-board. In 
his search for board he receives help from Morning-Star and goes to animals’ 
lodge, where he is told of beavers’ lodge, where baby-boards are made, but where 
fire kept by Turtle is so hot as to prevent anyone from obtaining board. Coyote 
offers to get cradle, but is driven out by sparks. Hawk makes similar attempt. 
Magpie steals one, but fire follows, and it passes board to Diving Duck, who enters 
stream of water and fire disappears trying to follow duck. Boy takes board to 
girl's tipi, where it is received by one of priests and placed on west side of lodge. 
Boy is then told to get tying string forcradle. Again he is assisted and returns 
