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placed on her tail. Husband is invited into sweat-lodge, where he finds bulls which 
attempt to prevent him from going out. When steam heat becomes oppressive he 
turns into badger and thus is able to get his nose from under lodge and so can stand 
heat. Then husband is sent to tree with eagle nest in it, where storm rages, with 
lightning. On his addressing eagles storm ceases. He returns with wood. He is 
challenged to run race with old buffalo cow, race to be to the four ends of earth. 
Should he win, people are to live upon buffalo; otherwise, buffalo are to feed upon 
human beings. He turns himself into Magpie and they start. The old woman cow, 
pointing with her cane in direction, is at once there. Thus she gains on Eagle-Man, 
but at his request Badgers dig holes into which she falls. Thus he begins to gain. 
He wins, and buffalo are released from cave. Certain spotted buffalo are driven 
back, together with buffalo with two heads. White buffalo, however, escapes. Then 
old woman tries to make love to Eagle-Man and warns him not to drink water from 
ragged woman. He does so, thus exciting people, who accuse him of drinking 
chief's water, as ragged woman was chief’s wife. Chief becomes angry and digs up 
earth. Although his body is nothing but bones, he is chief of buffalo. Eagle- 
Man attempts to shoot him, and is told by Mocking-Bird that vulnerable part of 
chief is hole in his chest. Thus Eagle-Man kills buffalo chief. Thereafter buffalo 
scatter and Eagle-Man returns to his people. 
17. THE POOR BOY WHO MARRIED THE CHIEF’S DAUGHTER. 
Poor, dirty boy is always left behind in moving camp and lives upon pieces of 
sinew and refuse meat. Poor people are good to him, but well-to-do mistreat him. 
He visits chief’s tipi, but is ordered out by his daughter, although chief asks him to 
be seated and orders his daughter to cook for poor boy. She refuses, but offers to 
cook if he will provide water. Thereafter, boy often visits the chief’s tipi, though 
abused by chief’s daughter. Finally she beats him with stick and he goes upon hill 
and mourns. People break camp and leave behind fine horse, now badly crippled. 
Boy goes to pony and travels with it, and pony now rapidly regains its strength. 
Boy grows stronger. On journey, pony speaks to boy, telling him he had purposely 
lamed himself so as to be with him. He tells him to go to chief's tipi, sit at entrance, 
and obey chief’s daughter, for from now on she will begin to love him. Presently 
the girl so desires boy that she goes out to find him. He offers to run away with 
her, asking her to get sewing implements. They make home in timber. Absence 
of boy and girl is noticed. Boy revisits village during attack by enemy, of which 
he is warned by his horse, and he succeeds in driving off enemy. Four times he 
assists in victory, and people give victory dance. Boy’s wife enters village gaily 
attired, and chief rejoices to learn that his daughter married poor boy. 
18. THE CANNIBAL WITCH AND THE DOY WHO CONQUERED THE 
BUFFALO. 
Witch-Woman lives in prairie by herself with her Poor Boy and four powerful 
dogs. Boy has black bow with two strings and four black arrows. He is great 
hunter. From time to time he is urged by witch to kill human beings for her 
food. Boy always escapes capture because of magic flight of his arrow. Buffalo 
knowing woman’s habits, become angry, hold council, and send two young buffalo to 
get boy to kill him, thus stopping witch’s supply of meat. Boy in meantime, sitting 
