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In the fight you will see a woman who looks like me. Go to this woman 
and catch her. She will become your wife and be good to you.” In 
a few days they found the enemy’s camp. They attacked the village, 
and they fought. While they were fighting, this man saw the woman 
who looked just like his wife. He stopped fighting and went after the 
woman. He captured her and took her home with him. 
The man never went to the lake any more, but was happy with 
his new wife, for she looked very much like the woman who had gone 
into the lake with the Elk. 
46. THE FOUR GIRLS AND THE MOUNTAIN-LION.* 
There were four girls who went to gather wood. While they were 
gathering wood they heard a Mountain-Lion coming, who said, “I 
want you girls for my wives.” ‘The girls ran to different wonderful 
‘ beings for protection. Each wonderful being said, “I can not do any- 
thing for you, for the Mountain-Lion is more powerful than I.” At 
last the girls came to a place where there was a man whose name was 
“Hair-Cut-in-Notches.” (His hair was so notched that one could see 
through the notches by looking at the side of his head.) The girls 
ran to this man, and said: “A Mountain-Lion is after us! Save us!” 
_ Hair-Cut-in-Notches said, “What shall I get if I save you?” ‘The 
girls said, “We will live with you as your wives if you will save us.” 
Hair-Cut-in-Notches said, “You will go into my lodge and stay there.” 
Then he sang about his head and hair, for his hair was his arrows. 
When the Mountain-Lion came up Hair-Cut-in-Notches would make a 
motion toward his head, then to his bow, then shoot at the Mountain- 
Lion. Finally the Mountain-Lion dropped down, for he had killed it. 
Hair-Cut-in-Notches went into the lodge, and said: “You will now 
come out. Go to your homes. I shall not keep you here, for I am not 
a human being, but I am glad to have saved you from being killed by 
that animal.” The four girls thanked the man and returned to their 
homes. 
4%. THE DEEDS OF YOUNG EAGLE.+ 
Many years ago the Arikara separated into two bands, one band 
going south, the other going north. But still the young men visited 
from one camp to the other. In the north village the leading chief had 
a daughter who had grown up to be a beautiful young woman. In the 

*Told by Little-Crow, 
+Told by Yellow-Bull. 
