176 THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE WICHITA. 
wanted to win. The men were allowed to pass close to the women, 
so as to let them see who was the funniest dancer. The chief intended 
that anyone at whom the girls would laugh would be the one to have 
them. The Coyote would dance right close to them, and would make all 
kinds of faces, so as to make the girls laugh at him, and then he would 
say, “Laugh at me, girls, and you shall be my wives,’ and then it 
would be only a short time until the Coyote would come around to 
where the girls were again, telling the same things over and over again. 
Every man passed by them, and after all there was a certain man who 
was seen by the two girls at whom they laughed when they saw him 
pass by. This was a sort of light-complexioned man, but small. This 
little man was Man-having-War-club (Waitskadaidaiyoks), Opossum. 
The chief gave his daughters to this man, and now he had two sons- 
in-law. The Opossum then had two wives, and it worried him to have 
two wives. Membrum igitur suum in partes duas findebat ut uxor 
utraque sua parte uteretur. Unde fit ut membrum Didelphidis fuidi 
soleat, quod quondam duas uxores habebat. 
After all the chief’s daughters were married the village existed 
the same as ever, having no trouble whatever until later on. One time 
the chief’s first grandson disappeared some way. This child was Child- 
sprung-from-Pipe-Bone, the son of Man-having-greater-Powers-than- 
any-other-Man. The chief then called forth all of the men most noted 
for their great powers. All the most famous men came about the place 
to find out why they were called. Then, when they all arrived at the 
chief’s place, they asked the chief why he had called them together. 
In reply, the chief said: “My grandchild, Child-sprung-from-Pipe- 
Bone, has disappeared, and I want the help of the most famous men 
to help me tto search for my grandchild. Any one finding the child 
may become the chief of the whole village.” This was the reward 
he offered for his grandchild. Then all the men prepared to hunt the 
child. Some went one way and some another. 
The man who was the father of this child, Child-sprung-from- 
Pipe-Bone, went off too, in search of his child, going from one place to 
another, and he stayed away for a number of days, until he found 
where the child was. He found that his child was in the water, and he 
saw that Woman-having-Powers-in-the-Water (Otskahahakaitshoi- 
diaa) had taken his child off into the water. This Man-having-greater- 
Powers-than-any-other-Man remained where he had found his child 
for a long time, watching his child in the water. Finally, some others 
found this man standing by the bank of the river. He was then asked 
why he was standing on the bank. In reply, he said that he had found 
