516 THE PAWNEE: MYTHOLOGY. 
Stone-Man takes one of his quivers, goes out and shoots buffalo, but point of arrow 
stops in buffalo’s hair. Stone-Man shoots at it many times, emptying his first 
quiver, and so he continues, exhausting one quiver after another, until he begins on 
arrows of fourth, which are four that were colored and that are only rushes. He 
shoots his last arrow and runs past buffalo, who gets up and hooks Stone-Man, 
piece of stone falling from him, whistling through air. Buffalo continues knocking 
pieces from him, and young man’s two errand men batter him to pieces, while girl 
throws pieces into boiling spring, from which steam issues, filling lodge and ascend- 
ing from top. Boy and girl leave lodge, returning in morning, when they find that 
it has turned into earth-lodge of solid stone. Thus there are geysers in west. 
Young man takes his wife home, starts an animal-lodge, and performs many mira- 
cles, in which his wife takes part, even flint-pointed arrows dropping from her body. 
Lodge which he founded is known as Stone-Medicine lodge, for on altar is piece of 
stone which girl has saved, whichis part of her father. Once Sioux attack village 
and keeper of stone drops it into river. Itis never found, but ceremony is trans- 
mitted by boy and his wife to their children. 
81. THE FOSSIL GIANT MEDICINE-LODGE. 
Man from hunting party near Swimming Mound enters timber and falls asleep 
on highhill. Heisaddressed by giant, who tells him that many of giant people were 
drowned in that place, and that their bones are thereabouts, and that upon south 
side of hill he will find one of his thigh bones; that he is to take it and it will give him 
great power. On waking, man sees no one, but goes and finds bone. Carved on it 
is man and woman, skull, bow and arrows, and many stars. On head is carved sun 
and moon. He takes it home and makes it into bundle. Again he dreams of this 
giant, and it tells him how to hold ceremony, and in his dream he hears songs which 
he is to sing in ceremony. Years after, he holds ceremony, and those associating 
with himin ceremony are known as Medicine-Stone people. This man becomes 
great medicine-man, and in doctoring uses dust from bone. In great smallpox 
epidemic those who touch bone areimmune. Ceremony no longer exists. 
82. THE SQUASH MEDICINE. 
Before ordinary people is race of giants so large that they could carry buffalo. 
They have no fear of wild animals or heavenly gods. They revile sun, call thunder 
names, turning their backs to it, and Tirawa decides to destroy them, and he sends 
rain, but though it does not rain very hard buffalo in west move and water breaks 
through and covers earth. Giants are washed away and left on steep banks and 
other high places, on which they sink into soft earth, being covered with lightnings 
and clouds. Thus power should remain in them, useful in after-ages for medicines, 
while bones should have healing power. When ordinary people come to be on 
earth Big-Black-Meteoric-Star visits man, telling him to dig in certain place, where 
he would find great root, which contains power; that this root sprung from giant. 
Star also explains how giants had been destroyed, and instructs man exact ways of 
obtaining root, preparing it, etc. Man realizes root star has spoken of is one people 
are afraid of, because it has odor such as human beings emit from their axille. In 
spite of fear for this root, man is discovered one day digging one out. He sings songs 
which he has been taught. People lose their fear and join him, and he tells of his 
