156 THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE WICHITA. 
Once upon a time, early in the day, when the women went out to 
bring wood, Chief’s-Son and other men went along to accompany them. 
By afternoon, having gathered enough wood, they began to return 
home. It happened that Chief’s-Son went on further than anyone else. 
When he began to return he saw a woman, who, perhaps, had watched 
him and was waiting to go home with him. The woman called him to 
her, for he was a single man, and she thought she might induce him to 
have her for a wife. When Chief’s-Son got to the woman she caught 
hold of him and would not let go. He wanted to go, but she would 
not let him. While she still had hold of Chief’s-Son they were attacked 
by the Trickster-Spies (Kinas-Kitikearaha). Chief’s-Son finally made 
his escape from the young woman and she was captured by the enemy. 
Chief’s-Son having made his escape, went home and told of the woman 
being captured by the enemy. The missing woman belonged to a promi- 
nent family. Chief’s-Son regretted the loss of the woman for his sake, 
nor could he get the affair out of his mind. He was so annoyed by it 
that he resolved to go and look for the woman and bring her home from 
captivity. He told his parents that he wanted to start for the enemy’s 
country in search of the woman whom he had suffered to be captured. 
His mother made for him two pairs of moccasins. For the woman she 
made an extra pair of moccasins and a robe, and she prepared a little 
lunch to take along while out on the trip. Chief’s-Son finally set out on 
his journey to bring the woman back home. The people, knowing that 
the Trickster-Spies were very fierce, thought that he was running a risk. 
For several days Chief’s-Son was on the road, looking for the Trickster- 
Spies’ villages. As the Trickster-Spies were constantly moving from 
place to place he finally succeeded in finding an old trail. This he 
followed for a good while until it appeared to be only several days old. 
Chief’s-Son, of course, traveled faster than the Trickster-Spies, since 
they moved along with their families. Finally he came to a place 
where the trail was only a day old, and he knew that he was about to 
overtake them. He went on, and the next day he had to travel in ob- 
scure places, so as not to be seen, for the Trickster-Spies were always 
on the lookout for their enemies. Later in the day he overtook them. 
ie concealed himself. and after dark entered the village. He went 
from one tipi to another and peeped in every door he came to, looking 
for the woman. He finally came to the largest tipi of all, and peeped in, 
and there he saw the woman on the west side of the tipi. Now, that he 
had found her, he went outside of the village and secured a long stem 
of grass to use in attracting the woman’s attention, for thus it would 
be easy to get her out of the tipi. He returned to the tipi, to the side 
