194 THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE WICHITA. 
all had eaten all that they wanted the chief Wolf announced to his 
people that because of the hard times they had had, and so that it 
might not happen again, he thought that they should remain what they 
were. So they did, and they remained in the earth-lodges, and they 
were Wolves, Coyotes, and Black-Wolves. All these belonged to the 
same class of animals. Here all these animals lived in their earth- 
lodges, and they still live in that way. 
28, HALF-A-BOY, WHO OVERCAME THE GAMBLER.* 
Half-a-Boy (Weksnikataiwa) lived in a village where there 
were a great many people. ‘This boy was small in height, for he had a 
hard time in his early life, and that kept him from growing. The place 
where this boy lived was a lively place, and the young people played 
all kinds of games, such as shinny, women’s double-ball game, arrow 
games, etc. These games were played every evening by the young 
people. This boy Half-a-Boy played his games with the boys of his 
size. In this village there was nothing that could harm any one, but 
there was another village north of this village where there was a bad . 
man, who never let any one escape from his village without being” 
killed. Once upon a time this boy Half-a-Boy decided to pay this 
village a visit. He often heard of a man who could play the wheel 
game pretty well, and so he took along with him plenty of things to bet 
when playing with this man. The wheel game was different from other 
wheel games played in the village where Half-a-Boy was from, and the 
rules of the game were harder than theirs, so that when any man from 
another village was defeated he never again returned to his own village, 
because he had either to lose his life or win the cruel man’s life. 
Half-a-Boy started to the village, and it took two days to get 
there. The village where the boy was going was due north. It was late 
in the evening, and he noticed that the village extended east and west, 
and had in the middle an open place, and in this place he saw a great 
many people playing some kind of a game. He waited until sundown 
before entering the place. The place where he waited was a small hill, 
and at the bottom was the village, and north of the village was flowing 
water. Upon entering the place that evening he asked the person he 
met if he could tell him where he could find a place for shelter. Half-a- 
Boy was directed to-go straight to the north side of the village, where 
he would find the largest tipi, and there he could stay all night. The 
*Told by Man-who-harms-while-Jesting (Waco). 
