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himself into Elk. Gives him whistle to attract female elk. Bear leaves den 
and man blows whistle. Wife and other women rush out to him. Bear comes 
and attacks Elk, which puts its head down and sticks horns into body. Man 
shoots and kills Bear. Man takes his wife and Elk other women, who become 
Elk. 
27. THE BOY AND THE ELK. 
Young man goes to place where animal skull near lake to cry because no 
girl will marry him. He hears flute and Elk comes. Elk tells boy to take teeth 
from skull and gives him flute which will attract girls to him. He goes home, 
tries flute, and girls come. After he is married, women also come and men kill 
him. One of his relatives takes teeth and flute. Boy is left unburied and sev- 
eral days afterwards he goes to mother’s tipi. He sends mother to society of 
Young-Dogs for tobacco. Men afraid of him. Boy goes away followed by 
relatives. They go into river and all turn into animals. Young man who had 
flute and elk teeth does not go and is the only one who lives. 
28. THE COYOTE, THE GIRL, AND THE MAGIC WINDPIPE. 
Beautiful girl lives alone in timber. Has plenty of buffalo meat and some 
wonderful bundles. Coyote becomes her errand man. When out of meat girl 
tells Coyote to cover his head up as her brothers are coming. Girl waves 
buffalo windpipe over smoke and dust in it turns to her seven brothers. They 
take bows and arrows and girl goes on to lodge, yells and waves towards west 
and south. Buffalo come and brothers kill them. They return to lodge and 
girl puts them again into windpipe as dust. Coyote sees performance and de- 
cides to steal windpipe. Coyote goes away with windpipe, and while he sleeps 
girl has brothers bring him back again. This occurs three times. Fourth time 
girl lets Coyote carry thing off. He goes up hill near village and howls for 
people to come and kick with him. Several young men go and Coyote turns 
windpipe upside down, but, instead of dust and boys, swarm of bumblebees come 
out. Young men run into timber, bees go into hollow tree, and Coyote goes 
away as coyote. 
29. THE BUFFALO-WIFE AND THE JAVELIN GAME. 
Young man out hunting dreams of two buffalo bulls turning into sticks and 
of buffalo cow turning into ring. In morning he sees cow and lies with her. 
Finds ring in grass and wears it on his wrist. He makes sticks and plays game 
with young men, winning many things. Goes hunting and sees old woman, who 
induces him to carry her across river on his back. He can not throw her off and 
he goes home with her fast to his back. Medicine-men are sent for, but they 
can do nothing. Poor boy puts on old robe and goes to young man’s lodge 
with bow and four arrows of different colors. He shoots black arrow and 
splits woman in two. With red arrow he takes her off boy. The other arrows 
he places on boy’s back to remove sore place. Old woman is then burned. 
Next day crying and voice are heard near where woman burned. Young man 
finds ring has gone. White tipi with woman and child inside appears where 
others were. Young man goes to see it and woman with new buffalo robe 
passes by him, having child. Young man makes bundle of eagle feathers and 
