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still, for Stone-Man can hear every movement and orders them to be quiet. Ascer- 
taining that boy has no magic power, he challenges him to play ring and javelin 
game. They play inside lodge and Stone-Man throws boy into spring of boiling 
water, in which he disappears. Few days after other young men are invited to 
lodge, and he selects son-in-law, and discovering he has no power he also is destroyed. 
Many young men are similarly destroyed. Each time he selects a son-in-law he 
promises buffalo to people. Animal Boy in his wanderings is informed by animals 
of current events, and is told to return to his people. He arrives as they are enter- 
ing lodge of Stone-Man and accompanies them and is selected as Stone-Man’s son- 
in-law, but first asks permission to be accompanied by his two errand men. Per- 
mission is granted and he at once sends to chief to inform him that buffalo will 
appear at daybreak. In night Stone-Man’s daughter tells her husband that she 
recognizes him and hopes that he will kill her father. Following day in hunt Ani- 
mal Boy brings in meat, which angers Stone-Man, and he tells boy that he has not 
yet married his daughter, but must first bring him some plums, which must be 
fresh. Although it is winter time boy goes south, summons aid of different bears, 
who take him to plum bush, growl, boy shakes bush, and obtains plums. He returns 
with only perfect fruit to his father-in-law, who refuses to eat them. Then he tells 
his son-in-law to get good material for bow and arrows. Boy goes to southwest and 
mountain-lion furnishes him with bow, wood being imitation ash and sinew from his 
own tail, in imitation of buffalo sinew. Then boy prays to rushes, spreads his robe 
under them, shakes rushes, pulls up four stems, puts them in his robe, throws robe 
upon the ground four times, and arrows appear, one red, one white, one yellow, and 
one black. He goes to rocks and stones, cries, and is told to put arrows in his robe 
with flint stones, and to throw robe upon ground four times. He does so and arrows 
are flint-tipped. He gives bow and arrows to his wife, who gives them to her father, 
who complains that they are not good, and asks that they be tipped with hawk 
feathers, and that he be furnished gray wolf-skin quiver. Following day boy cries; 
hawks answer and drop their finest feathers. He prays again and wolves appear, 
and chief offers four of theirnumber. Boy spreads his robe over them, shakes them, 
and there appear four wolf hides. These are given to father. He now begins to be 
satisfied, fills one quiver with bow and arrows, and asks that he be given three other 
bows and sets of arrows for other quivers. The boy appears with them and by 
magic transforms hides into quivers, and Stone-Man expresses satisfaction. He 
tells him that on following day he will play ring and javelin game with him as 
final test of fitness to be his son-in-law. That night boy leaves lodge and receives 
power from beaver. They play game a while and Stone-Man pushes boy toward 
spring, but he falls across hole with speed of otter and not into it. Several times he 
is pushed and escapes every time. He then turns into otter and Stone-Man declares 
himself beaten. In night he confesses that he had intended to turn people into 
stone, and he asks for young buffalo. In night boy goes east and cries. Man with 
dirty face and long hair, in robe, stands by him, saying he is leader of buffalo, and he 
offers to take boy to stone from which Stone-Man obtains his power. They go to hill 
where they find large stone, from which boy is directed to break many small pieces. 
He works all night and thus power is withdrawn from Stone-Man. They return to 
buffalo herd, which stands up and surrounds boy, and young buffalo of great power 
and flint horns offers himself for contest. In forenoon they reach Stone-Man’s 
lodge. Stone-Man admits to himself boy’s great power and declares he will never 
obtain his daughter. Buffalo runs to north side of lodge, panting as if winded. 
