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Beaver, begins trying to heal boy. They work over him with their mouths, grunt- 
ing, but are not able to accomplish anything. Other animals try and fail, and boy 
is taken to another animals’ lodge. For several days he follows Magpie, now suffer- 
ing under increasing weight in his stomach. He lies down to sleep and again sees 
fire coming from water, and he finds himself in animals’ lodge. Magpie tells medicine- 
men that he has taken boy to Pahuk; that they could not do anything for him; 
whereupon medicine-men say that if at Pahuk nothing could be done, they can do 
nothing. Boy is then taken to Spring Mound, where neither catfish, mink, raccoon, 
otter, nor beavers are able to help him. They return to Pahuk. Clay ball is now 
much larger and boy is weaker than ever and very thin. He faints at entrance and 
animals take boy in. They decide to appeal to chief who controls all animal medi- 
cine-lodges. Magpie flys after him, taking presents. Dust comes in at entrance, 
which, settling down, appears as bear, who so stands that it may look atsun. Bear 
is addressed by animals, and they explain that they wish him to cure boy. Bear 
-offers to use his power if he may eat piece of boy’s liver. Permission being granted, 
bear works over boy, cuts him open, takes out large stone, eats piece of boy’s liver, 
screams and jumps over him, blows his breath upon boy’s mouth, wound closes, and 
boy is healed, but seems as if dead. Bear commands other animals to restore him 
to life. They fail, whereupon bear blows his breath in his nostrils and boy regains 
consciousness. He is now told that he has power to cut people open and eat their 
liver, power never before given to human beings. Boy is sent home, where he does 
many wonderful feats. News of his fame reaches Skidi medicine-man, who again 
invites boy to his lodge. They talk of their medicines, and boy opens his hand, dis- 
closing bear claw. He closes it and medicine-man drops dead, whereupon Skidi 
thank him for ridding them of an evil doctor. Boy becomes great, and in his 
medicine performances produces live bear. He also belongs to deer society, and in 
quarrel reveals his power to cause fireplace to move, and deer people yield to boy. 
He receives name Smoking-With-the-Bear, for he always smokes to rising sun and 
to bears. His secrets are lost with death of Medicine Sun, last of bear family. 
90. THE BEAR MEDICINE. 
On buffalo hunt chief’s boy keeps with him in his lodge poor boy, son of poor 
parents. Boy is ashamed because his father has no success in killing buffalo. 
Father tells boy about mysterious animals in cedar-covered country to west, and 
boy decides to go and be slain by animals. He throws away his blanket and goes 
west into mountains, finds trail like human pathway, which he follows until he 
comes to hole, which he enters and finds it to be home of bears. He plays with cubs 
for a while, and mother warns him that her husband has wonderful power, given by 
sun, and is most dangerous bear i in country, and she points to great pile of ‘bones of 
animals which her husband has eaten; also to clothing belonging to captured people. 
Boy tells her that he is not afraid to die. On approach of her husband, mother bear 
tells boy to embrace one of cubs. Thus boy is found by old bear, who, entering, 
exclaims that he smells human being. He orders boy to let go cub. Boy refuses 
and cub asks. his father to to take pity on boy. Father quiets down, exhaling colored 
dust. He tells boy he is leader of bears; that arrows of man will not pierce his side, 
and that he is son of sun. He decides to teach boy his power. He then turns his 
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