THE RABBIT-BOY. i are 
north side of the tipi. He felt for the pegs, and there were six of 
them drawn up. He then knew that the woman had told the truth. He 
put his hand in, and it was caught. The woman felt for the bracelet, 
and when she had found it she pulled Rabbit-Boy in. The young man 
crawled into the tipi and put his robe on top of hers, and crawled under 
it. There they lay together, although they could not talk. The young 
man stayed with the girl all night. In the morning, when the girl’s 
father, who was chief of the tribe, woke up, he saw the things that the 
boy wore in battle hanging down from a tipi pole. He looked down 
and there he saw Rabbit-Boy in bed with his daughter. He made a 
big fire and sent for the warriors. The warriors came, preparing to 
kill the young man. There was one man who did not come with the 
rest, but when he came he told.the people to disperse to their homes; 
that although the young man had been killing their people, he, for one, 
was glad that he had come and married one of their girls; that now 
he would not kill any more, but that he would lead their people out to 
the enemy’s country and help kill the people. So the young man and 
the girl were told to rise and sit by the fire-place. The young man 
stayed in this village for several months. Now, the people at Rabbit- 
Boy’s home thought that he had died. But the woman who had re- 
turned from captivity told them that he would be coming after a while 
and that she knew where he was. 
The old chief was much pleased to have Rabbit-Boy for a son- 
in-law, for now he would have scalps hanging on top of his tipi. The 
people got together one day and said they wanted to go on the war- 
path. The young man joined them. They went to his own country. 
The young man put his people at a certain place, while he himself went 
near to the village and found women who were working in their corn 
patches. There he found one woman whom the Arikara had captured 
from the people of his wife’s tribe. Rabbit-Boy killed this woman, 
took her scalp, and took it back to the people of iher tribe. Then the 
people all went back to their camp and had war dances. The scalp 
was given to the old chief. He had it strung between his tipi poles, so 
the scalp hung high in the air. Every time a war-party went out this 
young man would go with it. He would manage to get the people to 
stay at a distance. He would then go to the fields, and whenever he 
found a captive from this tribe he would kill it, but he would not kill 
members of his own tribe. The young man led several war-parties, 
and always managed to kill captives, but never killed members of his 
own tribe. Finally the old chief asked that they might go to the young 
man’s home. ‘This they did. The young man’s people gave him pres- 
