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marry man, youngest daughter says she does not believeinhim. Girl is given food 
and senthome. Boy’s grandmother visits chief to ask for girl in marriage. Chief 
leaves decision with his daughter. She favors proposal, boy is brought, and they 
are married. Young couple are mistreated by older sisters. On fourth day Burnt- 
Belly enters lodge as eagle. As he turns into human form he wears fine eagle 
feather garments. Two eldest sisters now try to claim him as their husband. He 
rejects them and tells chief to warn people to get ready for buffalo hunt. He 
leads people into timber. They find much small game. Next, they find buffalo. 
Boy is given a new tipi, where he lives with his grandmother and his wife. 
45. ORIGIN OF THE CLAM SHELL. 
Man captures diving duck, which he takes home and releases at his wife’s 
request. Later, wife gives birth to girl called Young Duck. Child has ways of 
duck. Child makes small holein tipi, fills it with water, and sits on it, imitating duck. 
She requires her mother to wash her face from that water. She grows rapidly, and 
becomes beautiful, with very longhair. Invision she is told to get stick with crook 
atend, and carrying-straps. She often goes to timber with girls for firewood, and by 
means of her magic crook she can draw down dry limbs from trees. She becomes 
leader of girls in getting firewood. Young men court her with games and flutes. 
_ She finally recognizes Hawk and gives him permission to visit her. He begs of 
animals that he may become human being, whereupon he marries girl. She still 
continues her old habit. Old woman becomes jealous of girl, follows her to 
timber, and kills her, sticking fire-hardened stick into her ear. Old woman blows in 
girl’s mouth, takes off her skin down to her waist, substitutes her own skin, throws 
girl into stream, and returns as young girl. She tries to act like young duck, and 
for a while isnot detected. Soonher skin begins to rot. Medicine-men are sent for. 
They fail. Finally, Crow doctor comes, and at once recognizes old woman, while 
Hawk goes to river and hears voice of his wife singing. Old woman is thrown into 
water and her child is killed. Husband turns into hawk, flying up and down creek 
for four days. Then he sees smoke issuing from tipi in valley. Entering, he finds 
woman and four girls and his wife, who at first refuses to see him. Upper part of 
her body now resembles that of old woman, her skin being wrinkled and her ears 
hanging down. She asks her husband to fly up in air with her, then to drop her. 
Next day he takes her to high hill and turns into hawk, places her upon his back, 
flies upward, and lets girl fall. He discovers that she is Clam Shell, outside rough 
like witch’s skin, inside with smooth and delicate surface like that of young girl. 
46. THE POOR BOY WHO TURNED INTO AN EAGLE. 
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woman and Morning-Star, his younger brother. Boy calls woman “‘niece.’”’ They 
are placed near stream of water and food is given them. In spring clearance is 
made and woman plants corn, tying up remaining seeds and warning her uncle not to 
touch them. While she is at work boy eats up seeds. Enraged, she whips him, and 
he sings, turning gradually into eagle, whereupon he flies up and off in spite of her 
protests. She follows him to lodge of beavers. They agree to help her, digging 
hole which they cover with limbs, placing woman inside, and overhead animals 
simulate death to attract Eagle. Finally, Eagle comes, but is not fooled. Badgers 

