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Sun’s body, then the second, then the third part of Shadow-of-the- 
Sun’s body. When he pitched the last stick he jumped out of the way, 
and when the stick entered the wheel there arose two great, big Buffalo. 
who set after Shadow-of-the-Sun and hooked him until they tore him 
in pieces. Wherever there was left a large piece of his body it would 
still run, and the Buffalo would take after it again. The boy then 
requested the people to gather wood to burn the body. While the people 
were getting the wood these Buffalo left the village and went toward 
the north. Then, when the people gathered enough wood, they piled 
it up and began to burn the body of Shadow-of-the-Sun. Half-a-Boy 
also had the people gather all the human bones that were lying around 
about the village, and these they threw into the fire. As soon as the 
fire began to die down, Half-a-Boy began to poke the fire, and one at 
a time, the men who had been killed by Shadow-of-the-Sun jumped out 
of the fire. When the fire went out there was a great crowd of men 
around there who were saved by this poor boy, Half-a-Boy. Before | 
burning Shadow-of-the-Sun’s body, Half-a-Boy told him that he would 
have less powers if he should ever live again. 
Half-a-Boy then ordered the people to go to their homes. The 
chief told the boy that he could be the head chief of his village. Half- 
a-Boy refused to become a chief. He told the people that he had done 
them some good, but that he could not any longer be with them, for 
he was going to the people who had saved his life. He told the people 
that they could see him when they found the Buffalo. Half-a-Boy 
then turned into a Blackbird and flew off toward the north, where the 
two Buffalo had gone. 
29. YOUNG-BOY-CHIEF, WHO MARRIED A BUFFALO.” 
Young-Boy-Chief (Waiksedia) lived in a large village which was 
divided into two parts; and each part was governed by a chief. The 
village extended east and west and there was a broad street or wide 
space which was the dividing line. In this street the young people 
played games. Young-Boy-Chief was the son of the chief of the north 
village. In the south village there was a chief who had a daughter. 
These two children, who belonged to chiefs’ families, had never seen 
one another and did not know one another, because they did not par- 
ticipate in the games with the others. The only thing that the boy 
could do was to watch the other boys play, and in this way Young- 
Boy-Chief passed all his time. The daughter of the other chief remained 
*Told by Man-who-harms-while-Jesting (Waco.) 
