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and ‘promised to give the Turtle all the powers she had if he would leave 
her alone, but the Turtle would not listen to her. When he entered 
the grass-lodge he came around to the south side of the room, then 
stepped behind Young-Boy-Chief. He commanded one of his arrows 
to land upon the back of the old woman’s right hand. He took another 
arrow and commanded it to land upon the back of her left foot. Then 
he shot, and off came the woman’s left foot. He took another arrow 
and commanded it to land upon the back of her left hand. He shot, and 
off came the woman’s left hand. He took his last arrow and com- 
manded it to land upon the back of the woman’s right foot. He shot, 
and off came her right foot. 
After the wicked woman was taken off of Young-Boy-Chief’s back 
the Turtle gave the men permission to do with ther as they pleased. 
Then the Coyote took a club and beat her to death. This woman was 
Something-that-will-stick-to-anything (Tatiniyarskaharts), a green 
tree frog, such as is often seen now-a-days. The Turtle then took 
the buffalo fat that the four men had got and rubbed it all over the 
sore places on Young-Boy-Chief. He then took the red plaint that he 
had ground up and put it over the sore places and the young man was 
healed and returned to his home at once. After this had happened, the 
chief feared that something else might occur, so he at once called all 
the people to his place, and when they had come he announced to them 
that they already knew what had happened to his son, Young-Boy- 
Chief; that he was afraid something else might occur; that he wanted 
his people to do as they pleased about leaving their homes the next 
morning. ‘The people returned to their homes, and on the next morn- 
ing they began to go out in groups, especially by families; some turn- 
ing into fowls of the air, and some into beasts of the woods and plains. 
The chief’s family took a gourd of water and poured the water into 
the fire, and when the smoke went up in the air they were in the midst 
of the smoke, and became Fiagles (Kos). Some of the people remained 
in the village. 
2%. THE COYOTE AND THE BUFFALO.* 
Once upon a time there was a chief called Wolf (Wasaka), who 
controlled a large village of hunters. These people lived chiefly by 
hunting buffalo, but there came a time when no one could ever see 
any more buffalo, and they did not know what had become of them. 
In this village there was one person who was considered the swiftest 

*Told by Cheater (Wichita). 
