THE DEEDS OF: AFTER-BIRTH-BOY. IOI 
One day while the boys were at home After-birth-Boy asked his brother 
to bring out the netted ring and roll it where they were forbidden to 
roll it. The boy went into their lodge and brought out the ring and 
rolled it toward the west, then they ran after it, but the ring kept on 
going, and they went after it with the expectation of catching up with 
it. The boys were running as hard as they could, but had no idea that 
they could not stop. Finally After-birth-Boy tried to stop, but could 
not. After-birth-Boy then told his brother to go on, and see where the 
ring was going, saying they would soon find out. They kept on until 
they saw a great lake, and the netted ring was going toward it. It 
kept going until it went into the water. The boys followed, and found 
themselves inside of some great water-monster. After-birth-Boy said 
to his brother that this was the first time anything had ever mastered 
them without his knowing it. There is no telling how long they stayed 
in there. 
When their father reached home he found his boys gone, and 
thought they were in trouble, or were killed. He left the place, became 
a Star, and went up into the sky. The boys were still inside of the 
water-monster. After-birth-Boy took the string of his bow, passed it 
through his left hand four times and commenced to swing it around, 
and when he swung it hard up went the monster, and it fell somewhere. 
The monster fell on dry land, but they did not know where. They at 
once began to look for a place to get out. They went through the hind 
part of the monster. They then saw that it was a great, big fish. After 
they were out they started toward their home. They reached their 
home and found no trace of their father. The weeds had grown up 
and the vines had grown over their grass-lodge in places, and in places 
the lodge had turned to the bark of a tree. After-birth-Boy began to 
look around to find out what had become of their father. He found his 
track, but the track ended, and he could not find what his father had 
turned into. After-birth-Boy told his brother that there was one more 
thing he wanted to look into when darkness should come. They re- 
mained at their former home until night. When darkness came After- 
birth-Boy got on his father’s trail again, and where his tracks stopped 
he looked up into the sky and found one star, and this he thought to be 
their father. He then told his brother that he was going to shoot at 
the star with an arrow, and if it was his father a drop of blood would 
fall. He took one of his arrows and shot it up in the sky, then waited 
a moment, and while they were standing a drop of blood fell on After- 
birth-Boy’s hand. He told his brother that a drop of blood had come 
down, showing them that the star was their father. After-birth-Boy 
