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lodge, lived an old man and an old woman with their little grandson. 
The boy’s name was Wets-the-Bed (Weksidahos). These people were 
very poor. Their food was scant. As the people went by they would 
amuse themselves by urinating on their lodge. The boys of the village 
beat the little boy for fun. 
As Wets-the-Bed went around the village picking up things to eat 
he heard men saying that a war-party was to be sent out by one of the 
foremost leaders. He went back to his grandparents to tell them he 
wanted to go along with the war-party. His grandmother said: “You 
cannot go. You would give out, for they will go a long way, and 
there are some bad people that go with these war-parties. You know 
how badly they have treated you at home, and if they get you away 
from home they will kill you instead of killing the enemy. They will . 
treat you worse away from home than they have at home.” Still the 
boy said, “I must go.” The time came for the war-party to start away, 
and Wets-the-Bed was determined to go. The day they set out they 
camped pretty early, and they waited for those who had fallen behind 
to come up with them. Late in the evening they looked back on their 
trail and saw some one coming. As the person came he appeared 
smaller and smaller, and finally proved to be Wets-the-Bed. The men 
said they would send him back, for he was too small to travel with them. 
There was a certain man in the party that was impetuous and had a 
quick temper. He got up, went toward Wets-the-Bed and told him 
he must go back home, saying: “We do not want you to go along, and 
if you do not go back I will kill you.” The leader of the party told his 
men to let the boy alone and allow him to accompany them. The next 
morning, however, when they started out, the leader told Wets-the- 
Bed that he must go back, for they were going too far for him, and 
they were not yet very far from home. Wets-the-Bed remained there 
while the rest of the party started off. After they had gone on he 
followed after them. When they stopped to rest the boy would catch 
up. They had their spies out to look for the enemy. When the boy 
came up with the crowd he started on. The two spies came in and 
reported to the leader what they had seen. They said there was a village 
very close to them. They proceeded to come close enough to charge 
upon the enemy. They got ready, taking off their robes and leaving 
them with Wets-the-Bed, telling him to remain there while they were 
out after the enemy. Ail had painted themselves and had their weapons 
ready for use. When they were gone, Wets-the-Bed went and jumped 
into a creek near by, and when he came out he was changed to a man; 
then he followed on to the village. As he went along he was seen by 
