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scalped-man; gives him war-club, and root Ito make him run swiftly. Enemy 
comes and young man makes himself look like bloody scalped-man. He attacks. 
enemy and kills one. Enemy retreats and while his people run after them he 
smokes body, washes in creek, and returns to lodge. In night he goes to place 
where he received power. He becomes great medicine-man and brings home 
many pieces of scalps, which he makes himself. 
41. THE BOY WHO CARRIED A SCALPED-MAN INTO CAMP. 
Party of warriors on war-path run into lake by enemy and all killed and 
scalped. Another war-party starts from same village. Camp near lake. Poor 
boy goes at night to get water from lake. Voices tell him to go further into 
lake for water. By light of moon sees leader of first war-party scalped, with 
hands and feet cut off. Boy carries scalped-man on his back to camp. They 
kill number of enemy equal to number in lake and return home. 
42. THE GIRL WHO WAS BLEST BY THE BUFFALO AND CORN. 
Mother while busy puts baby girl on buffalo skull at altar. Skull thinks 
baby given to him. Child grows and shows signs of having power from gods. 
When grown to womanhood famine prevails. Medicine-men can do nothing. 
Woman tells people to clean cellars. They do so and give her their seed corn. 
Woman throws little seed into each cellar, which is covered up, and after fourth 
day cellars filled with corn and other things. 
43. THE FIGHT BETWEEN THE ARIKARA AND THE SNAKES. 
Arikara go to hunt and see pretty little snake by path. They give it pres- 
ents. Tiwo foolish boys come along and kill snake. They tell people, who 
turn back from hunt and climb upon high arbors. Many snakes come. Arikara 
kill snakes with clubs, but many Arikara are killed, among them the two foolish 
boys. 
44. THE FIGHT BETWEEN THE ARIKARA AND THE BEARS. 
Young wife has garden in woods. She goes every day in spring and takes 
much food. Husband secretly follows her. He sees man with bear’s claws 
about neck come and help wife and afterwards lie with her. Next day husband 
pretends to go hunting, but hides in garden. Man again comes to wife and 
while they are lying together husband shoots man with arrow. He then clubs 
woman, who tells him man is bear. Three days afterwards bears attack Arikara 
camp and kill husband and all people who do not hide in cellars. 
45. THE WIFE WHO MARRIED AN ELK. 
While man goes hunting men come to see wife. She goes away with one. 
Husband follows and sees wife walking with Elk. He shoots at it, but arrows 
do no harm. Elk and woman go into lake. Man stays there crying. Woman 
comes and tells him to go home and that when he starts upon war-path to come 
to lake. Man goes on war-path, first going to lake. Sees woman, who tells him 
