THE DEEDS OF WETS-THE-BED. I19 
to go over to Corn-Meal-Boy and offer to him their tobacco, for they 
knew he would accept it from Young-Man-Chief. Finally Young- 
Man-Chief accepted the pipe and went over to Corn-Meal-Boy and 
offered him a smoke, asking him to put away ill feelings, which he did, 
and he smoked the pipe. The chief at once called all the people and 
ordered them to build a new home for Corn-Meal-Boy’s people. They 
at once began work on his new home, and when they had finished it 
the old people were taken to it. After they had moved, he and his wife 
both went to the water, and he had his wife get in the water. When 
she came out, her appearance was changed. 
When the sisters heard about this they all went to see her. When 
they saw that Corn-Meal-Boy had changed in appearance they wanted 
their sister to allow him to be their husband, but she refused, because 
they had not wanted him for their ‘husband in the first place. When 
they came around she would force them out. The sisters finally wanted 
Corn-Meal-Boy so badly that they would come to his home at night 
and stand around by his bed, and after they got tired standing they 
would lie down on the side of his bed until morning. Finally the 
women were so desirous of him that they could not eat very well. They 
would sometimes invite Corn-Meal-Boy to come to their home and eat 
with them. So by the time they began to eat, Corn-Meal-Boy’s wife 
would come and ask her man to come out and go home with her. This 
made the sisters want the more to marry him. Corn-Meal-Boy got 
tired of his sisters-in-law and wanted them to let him alone. He, of 
course, then had the power to win the love of any girl. He fooled the 
people by being a little boy and having all kinds of names given him by 
the people. The only time he ever showed up was when they went 
on the war-path, when, on making an attack, he would be seen by the 
people, who now knew who he was; and the chief would ask all the 
men in the party if there was one with them who did the first fighting 
in making an attack. The Coyote would say that it was he, but it was 
thereafter known that it was Corn-Meal-Boy who was always ahead 
of every one in making an attack. 
At the time when his name was Wets-the-Bed, he wore a little, old, 
dirty string around his neck, and had something wrapped up and tied 
. to it. This little thing, after he had proved to be a famous man, he 
showed, and it was his war-bonnet, appearing as it was seen when 
making an attack on the enemy before he ever made his appearance. 
When he appeared a good many of the men came and visited him at 
night, sitting up and talking about the past or telling war stories; and 
he would once in a while visit his friend, Young-Man-Chief, and stay 
there until late in the night. 
