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107. BURNT BELLY AND THE DOG. 
Old woman lives in grass-lodge with her grandson. They are poor and boy begs 
food. Boy finds Dog, which he feeds, and Dog brings them meat. In dream Dog 
tells boy to go on war-path and that he will protect him. He and his Dog go to 
enemy’scountry. Dogaids boyincapturing horse. Chief’s son now takes interest 
in poor boy and he is asked to treat Dog kindly. On hunt poor boy kills several 
buffalo with arrows given him by chief’s son. Chief’s son has no success and poor 
boy giveshim buffalo. Dog again visits boy in dream, telling him to go on war-path. 
Accompanied by chief’s son he sets out and captures many ponies. Dog now tells 
him it is time to kill enemy and gives him owl feathers, bone whistle, and red paint, 
for sun is his father, and he tells boy that sun is protecting him and that father of 
Dogs sits near Tirawa. They go to enemy’s village and return home with scalps. 
He returns with scalps four times and is now recognized as warrior. He marries. 
He goes on war party, for Dog has told him he will watch over his wife. Nearing 
village Dog meets him wagging his tail. Thus he knows that his wife has been faith- 
ful. He goes on war-path many times. Once man visits his wife and kicks Dog. 
As husband returns Dog does not meet him and he realizes that something is wrong. 
He hunts up Dog and they go to high hill. His friends visit him, offering him pipe. 
He refuses even chief’s son. Boy and Dog sit on hill until they finally turn into red 
sandstone. 
108. THE EAGLE AND THE SUN-DANCE. 
Poor young man goes on hill, cries, and he hears drumming on fourth night 
plainly. Visiting river where drumming is heard, he hears whistling. Looking 
overhead, he sees Eagle, who speaks to him. Eagle flies around boy, then off to 
timber. He returns, and boy follows him until he finds birds sitting in circle, two 
swans in center drumming, and birds are all whistling. Eagle tells him they are to 
give him their dance. He is to dance four days, during which time he must fast. 
Swans tell him that they are leaders of dance and that their spirits will follow him 
home; that he will dream of dance and in dream will be instructed. He is to give 
dance when buffalo bones are seen on high hills. Owls circle about him and teach 
him songs. Thereafter, he institutes Sun-Dance. 
109. THE SKELETON MAN AND THE SUN-DANCE. 
Man and his wife on hunt make grass-lodge. Each day he returns with meat, 
which they cook outside. Something approaches from timber one day. They 
enter their lodge and skeleton follows them, rattling as it drops to ground. Woman 
is afraid to touch bones, but man gathers them in robe and voice whispers to him, 
telling him that he is Knee-Prints-Upon-the-River-Banks. Woman being frightend 
is sent home next day and skeleton smokes with man. In one whiff he finishes pipe. 
He tells man he controls all animals and birds and teaches him Sun-Dance. 
110. THE WOMAN WHO IS BEWITCHED BY A FOX. 
Young girl strays off by herself while women are gathering wood. She finds 
hollow tree blown over by wind. Within it she discovers child with small face, long 
hair, thin arms, and long finger nails. Child reaches out its arms to her. Girl is 
frightened. She looks again and child motions to her, and she sees that its face is 
