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journey we were delayed by Corn-Meal-Boy.’’ When the chief would 
say anything the Coyote, expecting the chief to say that he (the Coyote) 
had found the camp of the enemy, would repeat everything the chief 
had said. “We had to wait for Corn-Meal-Boy, and on this account 
stopped a couple of times for a good while; but he finally got on my 
back, and we traveled a little faster. While we were traveling the 
Coyote got a stick, sharpened it, and hit Corn-Meal-Boy on the rump. 
When we had traveled all day we rested on the side of a hill before 
reaching the summit. Corn-Meal-Boy ran on up to the top of the hill 
and saw a smoke and suspected some one to be living there.” At this 
point the Coyote gave up all hope of the chief’s saying that he (the 
Coyote) had found the village of the Tricksters, and stopped repeating 
what the chief had said. “So we went to see what was there. We 
saw some of the enemies’ homes.” Then the women said to one an- 
other: “How do you suppose such a fellow as he could ever find any- 
thing like that; and, although they had pledged themselves as wives to 
the first one who should see the enemy, the three older ones would not 
accept Corn-Meal-Boy for their husband; but the youngest of the four 
said that in order to fulfill her pledge she would take the boy and be his 
wife. So Corn-Meal-Boy was married while on the war-path. When 
they started for the place of the Tricksters the girl took the boy on her 
back and carried him all the way. They arrived there before daylight, 
and early that morning they made their attack. When they had started 
Corn-Meal-Boy was seen going ahead of everybody, getting in the 
village first, and doing the first fighting. When they all turned back 
they had captured many of the Tricksters, taking them as prisoners. 
Young-Man-Chief captured one man on his return, and he called for 
the wife of Corn-Meal-Boy and gave the prisoner to her and her 
husband. 
Then all set out for home. When they had reached the point called 
Place-where-returning-victorious-War-party-halted (Nasaquadowene), 
where the chief usually signaled his returned to the village, on his re- 
turn from the war-path, the people of the village said, “Tesatias ;” 
that is, Young-Man-Chief’s turn. Everybody went home. The girl 
and her new husband went to the girl’s home, taking their prisoner. 
The boy stayed at the girl’s home for a while, until her sisters got 
tired of them. The boy urinated in bed so much that the rest of the 
girls wanted to get rid of him, but the girl stayed with him and moved 
to the place where Corn-Meal-Boy lived. 
It was once the custom for people who saw buffalo to drive them 
near to the village, surround them, and kill them. When this happened, 
