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At last they agreed that he would remain at the grounds and sleep 
there, so that the next morning the man could come back again and 
win the other part of his body. This man then called the boy Half-a- 
Boy, because he had lost a part of his body by gambling, and so this 
was when he first got his name Half-a-Boy. 
Everybody left the grounds, and Half-a-Boy remained there where 
he had agreed to stay all that night. Half-a-Boy then did not know 
what to do after this, and so stayed awake until he saw that everybody 
had gone to sleep. After everybody had gone to sleep he heard two 
women coming toward him where he was lying, and calling his name, 
“Half-a-Boy,” and saying to one another: “Go ahead and speak to 
him.” The boy heard everything they said, and finally both of the 
women came to where he was and called to him to rise, for they were 
coming after him. The boy arose from his sleeping place and went 
with the two women. While on the way they told him that they had 
taken pity on him, and they asked him if he could run fast enough to 
keep up with them. The boy told them that he was a fast runner. The 
two women then told him to come, and the boy found out that the 
women were Buffalo cows. They all then began to travel faster, so 
that the boy could have plenty of time to come back. They traveled 
part of that night, and while traveling he saw a light a good long way 
from them. Then the two Buffalo cows told him that where he had seen 
light was where they were going, and that the light was their grand- 
father and grandmother taking a smoke. They then finally reached the 
place, and he saw an old man and an old woman sitting down smoking. 
These two young women then requested the old people to make haste 
and give him powers, so that he could get out of his trouble. Deinde 
puero praeceptum est ut ad tergum tauri iret, et, cum eius membrum 
semel prehendisset, “palum atrum”’ posceret; membro iterum prehenso, 
“palum rubrum” posceret. Haec igitur fecit. Deinde ei praeceptum est 
ut ad bovem profectus cius volvam prehenderet, anulumque posceret. 
Hoc facto, puer iam palos duos anulumque habebat. Then the boy was 
requested by the old man to place the black stick where it belonged. 
This black stick belonged in the ring, representing the old man and the 
old woman. Then he was given instructions. He was requested to let 
the black stick remain in the ring, where it belonged, and to give the 
red stick to his opponent. He was instructed not to allow any one to 
get the black stick out of the ring. The first thing he was to do on 
arriving at the village was to go to the chief’s house and place the 
sticks and wheel where he had his other things, on the wall between 
the tipi and the poles, and to let the black stick remain in the ring, and 
