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mother. He has wonderful power and is warned by Witch not to go far to east. 
While out playing, Crow tells him that his real parents live to west. Following day 
boy is enticed to west by Red Hawk, who has scalp hanging from his claw and 
carries war club. Boy follows till he is tired out and then lies down to sleep, Hawk 
dropping the scalp andclub. While asleep insect tells him of his father. In morn- 
ing voices cry out from every direction—tipi poles, fireplaces, grass, etc.—that 
he is son of White Moccasin. Finally Clam Shell tells of what had passed between 
her and Witch, and claims to have brought boy back through her desire, aided by 
the gods. At her request, boy takes Clam Shell to water and follows trail to west 
and comes to abandoned village site, where voices again tell him who he is. For 
many days he travels, always hearing singing. He enters village and is taken into 
chief’s tipi. His father claims him and boy tells how he gained knowledge of his 
father. Chief asks that boy be his son-in-law. He refuses, for it is not yet time for 
him to marry. Led by boy they travel south and find many buffalo. They return 
to their old home, where boy leads war party, which is successful, and they return 
with scalps and ponies. He leads successful war party four times and makes four 
buffalo holy and takes them into lodge of priests. Then he leads party eastward 
until he comes to Witch’s lodge, when he turns into Hawk, others turning into Owls. 
Hawk kills her and she becomes witch again and laughs at him, whereupon he 
becomes young man with war club and kills her, and he and his companions bury 
her. They return home. He goes ‘to river with young boy friend and Clam Shell 
gives him magic power. After buffalo hunt, in which he makes four buffalo holy, 
he marries daughter of chief and becomes great medicine-man. His protector was 
Sun, and he was thereafter known as White Sun. 
30. PURSUIT BY A RATTLING SKULL—THE PLEIADES. 
While on buffalo hunt people camp near stream of water. Girl off gathering 
wood loses her way, is captured and taken to earth-lodge by Skull, who tells her 
that it is her duty to keep it clean; that her food is to be its scales; otherwise, she 
would die. Girl is missed, searched for, and given up. Skull makes several short 
journeys; gaining confidence in girl, he makes longer journey, and girl goes to 
high hill and cries. She is addressed by mysterious man, to whom she tells her 
trouble, and he promises to help her and gives her arrow, bladder, and cactus. She 
fills bladder, and water starts running toward north. Skull discovers her absence 
and pursues her. She sings, and mountain-lion appears and says that he has 
no power against that of Skull. Girl drops cactus, which magically multiplies 
and checks Skull’s pursuit. She sings, and Bear answers her, but he is powerless. 
She drops bladder; wide river forms. Skull floats down river on log. Girl sings to 
buffalo, but he also is powerless. As Skull is about to overtake her she drops arrow 
and thorn trees appear. Skull blows its breath and fire burns pathway. Girl now 
finds lodge of brothers and sings. Three young boys come out, each with quiver 
and war club. Theyinvite girlintolodge. AsSkullapproaches, youngest breaks it 
into pieces. Girl breaks Skull into smaller pieces, puts them upon fire, and burns 
them. Girl, with boy’s aid, prepares field and plants corn, beans, and squash which 
she brought with her, and warns boys not to visit field until she gives them permis- 
sion. In fall they gather corn and cure it and cache it. In winter older brothers 
return. At first they decide to send girl away, but as she has brought corn they 
allow her to live with them, asking youngest what relationship she shall bear, which 
