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claims fox, strikes down Animal Boy, and marries chief’s daughter. Boy returns 
home, and hair which he has becomes whole hide of fox. People visit Crow 
Feathers’ tipi to see fox. Hairs fall from it and are blue in color, not red. 
Buffalo do not approach village, but boy continues to obtain buffalo by his magic 
ring. One day Animal Boy sends his grandmother to chief’s lodge with roll of 
pemmican. She is to sit at entrance and drop it, and, on leaving, chief is to ask 
what it is, and she is to tell him it is piece of fat with which she greases her 
boy’s eyes. She does as she is told and is followed home by chief’s youngest 
daughter, who sees true red fox and many parfleches with buffalo meat. Then 
boy tells old woman of visit of chief’s young daughter, and sends his grandmother 
with parfleche of meat and red fox to chief’s lodge. She goes to chief and tells 
him what her boy has said. Chief invites his friends and they are astonished 
at fox, for it makes his lodge very red. Chief announces that Animal Boy 
shall marry his daughter. Boy is sent for, enters his father-in-law’s lodge, 
and shortly after they leave and go to pond, where boy bathes, appearing 
fine looking, wearing woodpecker cap and star-painted robe. They make their 
home with Crow Feathers and his wife. In night Crow Feathers sees stars on 
boy’s robe sparkle like fire. Crow Feathers’ wife is angry at herself at having been 
deceived. Following day boy goes to timber and returns with woodpecker on his 
head that flops its wings and whistles. That night Crow Feathers tries to imitate 
him, throwing coals of fire upon his own robe, which burns up. In morning he sets 
out with woodpecker tied on hishead. It pecks at him and he bleeds. Soon Animal 
Boy tells chief to announce arrival of buffalo. They find buffalo and all have 
chance in slaughter. Crow Feathers finds one buffalo which he finally kills, but it is 
lean and thin. He takes meat home. Animal Boy pulls hair from some buffalo 
and hairs become hearts. He pulls beards of others, and hairs become tongues. 
From tail of fat cow he pulls hair, which becomes whole buffalo, and he is first 
to get home. His wife makes drying frame. Late at night Crow Feathers enters 
with his lean meat, which he removes from his pony’s back. He is more enraged 
than ever at Animal Boy and tries to kill him, but animals kill Crow Feathers, 
and he is found dead in bed. All now recognize Animal Boy’s wonderful power 
except Stone-Man, who encounters boy’s wife on her way to spring, and demands 
that she let him drink. Girl tells her husband what Stone-Man has done. Boy 
takes his bow and arrow and goes among hills, where he finds Stone-Man. He 
shoots at him with arrow, but arrow flies back. Stone-Man, fearing boy, goes west 
with his wife and travels to hilly, stony country and he lies down near hot spring. 
He drives buffalo west by his magic power. He and his wife make earth-lodge. On 
altar he places stone. He captures many buffalo, meat of which his wife jerks. 
They have many buffalo robes. His wife gives birth to girl and dies, and Stone-Man 
lives with his daughter. Animal Boy loses his wife and leaves people, who are dis- 
satisfied, for there are no buffalo. Chief asks young men to go in pairs through 
country looking for buffalo. Some in west find earth-lodge, which they enter and 
find Stone-Man and his daughter, who questions them about Animal Boy. Being 
told that Animal Boy has lost his wife and disappeared, he is pleased and gives 
them food. During night they hear strange noises in lodge. In morning each man 
is given ‘parfleche of meat, being told to return to his people. They return, relate 
their adventures, and thus Kitkehahki move west to Stone-Man’s country. Stone- 
Man sees handsome young man in their number and selects him for his son-in-law. 
That night he tells his son-in-law what he expects of him. During night they lie 
