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enemy. They killed the enemy and took scalps home. At another 
time several other young men joined their war-party. They went up 
to the old woman’s place and there they were again fed, and they were 
told by the old woman where to find the enemy. They found the enemy, 
killed several, took their scalps, and went home. After this, when- 
ever the two young men wanted to go on the war-path, many young 
men joined them. They found that these two young men had a grand- 
mother, who was helping them. In one of these war-parties against 
the enemy there were so many young men in the party that when the 
old woman saw them she felt ashamed; but she told the people to go 
on; that they would find the enemy and would kill and scalp them. The 
people did kill the enemy, took their scalps, and went home. 
Again, another war-party went out to find the old woman, but the 
old woman had disappeared. The men came and told the two boys. 
The two boys hunted for her, and at last found her in the side of a cliff 
in the Bad Lands. Here the two boys visited her, and she helped them. 
Other men found out where she was and a great company of them went 
there, but she had again disappeared. Another party of warriors went 
out. They came to a big lake. The warriors made their camp there. 
In the night they heard a woman singing scalp-dance songs, and she 
danced and laughed. The warriors were scared. They wanted to re- 
turn home, but the leader said, “No, she is rejoicing, for we are to kill 
the enemy.” The warriors went on, found the enemy’s camp, and they 
killed several and took their scalps. They took the scalps home, and 
they had a scalp-dance. Again, another war-party went out. They 
went and stopped opposite the lake. The dancing and singing was 
again heard. The leaders were glad to hear this. They went and 
killed the enemy and scalped them. 
Another war-party went out. They stopped opposite the lake. 
The woman, instead of singing and dancing, began to mourn. But the 
warriors went on, notwithstanding, and when they attacked the enemy 
the enemy got the best of them, killed several of them, and only a few © 
of them reached home to tell the story. After that, when a war-party 
went to the lake, whenever the old woman sang scalp-dance songs and 
danced, they knew that they were going to be successful. If the woman 
began to cry and yell, they knew that if they went on, the enemy would 
get the best of them. It was found out afterwards that this was the 
same old woman who had lived upon the Missouri River, and she had 
gone away from the people and had gone to the Bad Lands; and when 
she was found out there she went off to dwell in the lakes. The peo- 
ple used to give the old woman blankets, tobacco, and other things. 
