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already turned to stone. The people all wept and went away. They 
came the next day, and they saw a rock in the form of a man, and 
they all cried again for the loss of the old medicine-man, because 
there had been no one to give him any dry meat to offer up as sacrifice 
to the gods. | 
39. THE WOMAN WHO TURNED INTO A STONE.* 
In the village there was a nice-looking young woman, daughter 
of one of the chiefs. "They all liked her and had much admiration 
for her. Many young men made great efforts to get the young girl 
to marry, but she would not consent. After many failures on the 
men’s side the young woman’s father tried to persuade her to marry 
some young man. After all their advice the young woman refused 
to marry. Again the old mother related to her daughter that it was 
most enjoyable to live with a man, to have a man to support her, to 
cherish her, and to protect her from all troubles. The young woman 
accepted the mother’s advice at last, and she said she would marry. 
One young man, a very good hunter, came to the young girl, 
and after a long conversation persuaded her to promise that she 
would marry him. The young woman told her mother, and she was 
glad, and willing that her daughter should marry him; for the young 
man was capable and qualified to support a family. Finally the young 
man was called, and came to their lodge. Puellam in matrimonium 
duxit. Cum nox esset, ad lectum genialem venerunt. Iuvenis gavisus 
est quod tandem puellze amore potiturus esset. Cum autem cum 
uxore sua concumbere conaretur, non poterat. Per noctem totam 
frustra conabatur. Postridie puella ad matrem venit, eique ostendit 
cur virum habere noluisset. ‘Deinde tunicam sustulit ostenditque se 
helianthes pro volva habere. Mater autem vidit quo iuvenis helianthi 
nocuisset dum cum uxore concumbere conabatur. So the young woman 
took her bundle on her back, journeyed to a certain place, sat down and 
turned to stone, because she was ashamed. 
40. THE POWER OF THE BLOODY SCALPED-MAN.+ 
There was a young man in the Arikara village who wanted to 
have some mysterious power. He went through the different places, 
over high mountains, and steep banks. He had heard of a place to 
*Told by Hawk. 
+Told by Antelope. 
