68 THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE WICHITA. 
saw a kind of line stretched across the cave, and something hanging 
on it. The boy asked what these were, and the children said that they 
were their lungs. These young ones also told of the story about the six 
brothers having a fight with their father and mother. Big-Belly-Boy 
had some arrows. He took one of these arrows and punched one of 
these lungs with the point of it, and one of the young ones fell dead. 
Then he stuck the point of his arrow through another, and another, 
until he finally stuck the arrow point into the last two, killing them. 
The boy, woman, and child then went back to the lodge and told what 
they had done. Big-Belly-Boy himself had great powers. They lived 
there for a long time. 
Finally the woman began to tell the boy what fun there was where 
children were among children, and that where she came from there 
were games of all sorts. She told him that if there were more people, 
he and his little boy could play, and she finally persuaded him to move 
their lodge. She told him that the rest of his brothers could marry 
some girls, and be with many other young men of their age. The time 
came when the boy made out that he was feeling very bad over some- 
thing. His people asked him what was the matter, and he replied that 
he was told that if they moved to where this woman was from he 
would have all the fun he wanted and that he could play with other 
children. They told the boy not to feel badly, because they always 
agreed to do whatever he asked. They finally moved toward the north. 
When darkness came on, Man-with-supernatural-Powers took a bunch 
of grass in his hand and blew upon it, and put it on the ground, and 
there was the first grass-lodge. They stayed all that night until the 
next day, when they continued their journey. When they started, 
Man-with-supernatural-Powers took a straw and carried it along. 
When darkness came again, the old man took the straw, stuck it in the 
ground, and there was a grass-lodge again. The next day they went on 
again. Man-with-supernatural-Powers took another straw and made 
another grass-lodge. ‘The next day they traveled all day until late in 
the night, when they reached the village of the woman. The old man 
took the straw, stuck it in the ground and they had a grass-lodge to 
live in. No one knew of these strangers moving in. They remained 
for a long time. The boys did as the woman had told them, and they 
were married. Of course, the oldest of the brothers was married to 
the woman whom they brought with them. Big-Belly-Boy and the 
other little boy played with the rest of the children. Here they lived 
for a while, until some child made the little boy cry; and Big-Belly-Boy 
felt sad over it. On their way home the boy cried all the way, and Big- 
Belly-Boy himself began to cry, too. 
