52 THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE WICHITA. 
Young-Flint-Stone then became a famous man, and as great a 
warrior as his father had been when he lived at the village. He would 
send out war-parties against his enemies, the Tricksters. Having such 
great war powers he would always be victorious and bring home with 
him many captives, as well as scalps. This was what made him a 
famous man. Young-Flint-Stone told all of his followers that the 
Great-South-Star was his father, whom he had once been to see. 
Whenever this Star was seen Young-Flint-Stone would offer his 
smoke to it, as he had been told to do by this Star, who was his father. 
It was not very long before Young-Flint-Stone called forth the people. 
When the people gathered around his lodge and were all present they 
asked him why he had called them forth. He replied that since he had 
been with the people he had been well cared for by the young men who 
were his friends and his warriors, and that since he had seen his father 
as a Star he himself thought that he had better be like his father. 
Young-Flint-Stone then waited until night. When darkness came he 
went out up to the sky and became Flint-Stone-lying-down-Above 
(Tahanetskitadidia). . 
6. THE GREAT-SOUTH-STAR, THE PROTECTOR OF WARRIORS.* 
There was a village named Large-elm-Tree-near-Edge-of-the- 
Village (Taatstatschiaheichitiwa), because there was a large elm tree 
at the edge of the village, where all the dances were had whenever the 
men came home from war. The village was also called Where-Black- 
birds-lit-on-Elm-Tree (Kasitsyukkari), or Stone-Corn-Mills-lying-on- 
Hill-side (Nawishkatuk), or Where-large-Ears-of-Corn-grow (Tas- 
tacitiwa). In this village was a man known as Wearing-Flint-Stone- 
on-top-of-Head (Tahadiidakotskitiwe), who afterwards became the 
Great-South-Star, as we call it. This man was famous in all ways. 
He was the leader of war-parties and had many followers who always 
followed him whenever he sent out war-parties. In his home his father 
was the chief of the village. He also had a mother and a sister. When 
he had become famous and a great warrior, his sister got married to a 
famous warrior. Once upon a time, before he undertook to leave 
home, his sister became pregnant. He told his sister that when the 
child should be born they should call him Fint-Stone-yelling-Boy 
(Tahanitsiaskase). He also said that this boy would follow the foot- 
steps of his uncle and be a great warrior. 
*Told by Towakoni Jim (Towakoni). 
