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are helpless. "Woman goes on and elks try to help her to catch her brother in same 
manner; likewise buffalo. They tell her that they all know this Eagle; that he is 
Morning-Star, chief of the heavenly gods, who desires only human flesh. They 
agree to help to capture him. So many buffalo die, making great odor. They take 
girl and cut her open, place her on arbor, and then Magpie comes, and also Crow and 
Coyote, to feed. Finally, Eagle alights upon the arbor; says that he is willing to eat 
of human being, at which other animals begin to eat. As the Eagle is looking for 
girl’s heart she grabs his legs and he becomes boy again, and he says that henceforth 
when people live on earth an enemy shall be sacrificed to Morning-Star, but not 
until many have been made holy. The two disappear in dark clouds, she returning 
to Moon, boy to east, where he stands behind his brother. 
47. THE POOR BOY WHO LOST HIS POWER. 
Burnt-Belly and his mother live in deserted village. They arevery poor. He 
soils his robe; she strikes him and he turns into Eagle, inspite of her protests. It 
continually hovers near her, finally becoming boy again after her repeated solicita- 
tions. She makes bows and arrows for him each morning, then buffalo, and he kills 
game and finally buffalo. Peoplereturnto village. They move into timber where 
they continue to have plenty of meat. Chief, fearing boy’s power, invites him to 
call buffalo. Boy disappears as eagle several days. Returning, he directs suc- 
cessful buffalo hunt. Boy and his mother are invited to live in village. Boy de- 
clares that impossible, and at his suggestion chief moves his village near boy’s lodge, 
and chief offers him his daughter; but boy refuses, as proper time has not arrived. 
Girl visits boy’s tipi and lies with him, whereupon boy loses his power, whereas if he 
had not done this and had called buffalo four times he would have been permitted 
to marry and retain his power. 
48. THE FLINT MAN. 
Man travels to far prairie country, and finds man of flint emitting sparks of fire, 
who has power to transform himself into any creature € and to see great distances. 
He renders himself invisible by asking man to smoke, smoke getting in his eyes. 
Flint man bestows upon him power to turn to stone; also to bring rain during 
drought, by lifting piece of flint upward to heaven and placing it on ground and 
sprinkling water upon it, whereupon clouds will form and it will rain. ~ With pi pieces 
of flint he will-also be able to cure sick. Flint man thereupon turns into blue flint 
and diminishes in size until he is little stone, bearing on one side picture of moon and 
stars and on other of sun. Man takes it home and places it on his altar. He invites 
his friends, who bring offerings to stone. He hears of monster by big lake. He 
visits monster and sees human bones lying about. He kills the monster, which is 
catfish, by trampling upon his back. He escapes death, for his feet have turned 
into flint and spines on monster’s back do not enter his feet. People le visit monster 
and take its fat for medicines. Next, he slays seven spotted calves, who are always 
challenging strangers to slide down hill with them on buffalo-rib sled. Next, he 
visits gluttonous buffalo bull in west. Bull tries to gore him, but he is turned into 
flint. Bull breaks off its horn and man kills it with his arrow. He becomes 
