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keep him there; but that there was something that this girl wanted, 
and they were going to tell him what it was. They said: “Your sister 
wants a woman. You tell her that the first woman you marry you 
will give her.” So the Whirlwind came to the side of the hill where 
the Owl’s den was. The wind blew and the girl spoke, and said: “You 
big Owl, turn that boy loose! He is mine! I must kill him!” But 
the Owls would not turn the boy loose. ‘They said, “He is here under 
our protection.” The girl kept on demanding the boy. At last, the boy 
said, “My sister, if you will let me go, the first woman I marry I shall 
give to you.” The girl said: “That is what I want; I shall let you go.” 
So the boy was turned loose, and traveled towards his people. 
When the boy came to his people, he saw that they were very poor. 
He entered his father’s lodge and told his father that he had come 
back. His father arose and built a big fire. He saw the boy sitting 
there and recognized him. ‘The father asked about the sister. The 
boy said that his sister was well, but that she was far away. Then the 
boy told his father to tell the chief to come to their lodge. The boy 
told ‘the chief that he had come to tell them that the buffalo were not 
very far away and that the people must go and kill these buffalo. The 
people sent hunters out and they found the buffalo as the boy had said 
they would. In a few days the enemy attacked this village, and they 
saw that the boy was a wonderful boy, for he made a way for his people 
to kill the enemy. The people cried through the village, and said that 
they should give him a nice young woman to marry. The chief’s 
daughter was the one to be given to him. 
That night the boy went out and called for his sister. The sister 
came that night into the tipi and sat down by her brother, and said, 
“T have been far away.” The boy said: ‘My sister, I am now to 
marry. Here is the girl that I promised you.” The boy’s sister said, 
“That is what I want.” She went to the girl, and the sister and the 
boy’s wife were together. The boy, went out. The next day the 
brother came into the lodge, and his sister said: ‘My brother, I give 
you this club and this medicine, and I give you the power that I pos- 
sess—that of the Whirlwind. You will have power to kill the enemy. 
They will try to shoot you, but they can do you no harm. For many 
days I shall now go towards the southwest, where I shall always stay. 
When the wind comes you must know that I am the Whirlwind. I 
will listen to the prayers of our people. When I am coming do not 
let my people be afraid of me, for I shall always hear their prayers 
and shall always heed them. I shall not destroy them, but will always 
comfort them.” The young man became a famous warrior, and finally 
became a chief. 
