204 THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE WICHITA. 
his wife, she was to have a piece of dry grass stuck up in her nose, so 
that he would be able to tell the difference between her and the others; 
that when ‘the came to find her uncle, the male Buffalo would be lined 
up, and he would have to start from one end of the line, and he would 
be able to distinguish him by a mark over his tail. In looking for his 
father-in-law he was to examine closely the heads of the males, and the 
one having a cockle burr under his ear was to be the one to be pointed 
out. He was then told that his sister-in-law would come around and 
try to persuade him not to mind his wife in going through so many cere- 
monies, telling him that he could marry her without doing so many 
things; that he must not listen to his wife, but attend to his own busi- 
ness, for if he did as his wife directed he would be killed anyhow for 
not going through these things. The next thing, when he should be 
asked to find among the old female Buffalo, his mother-in-law, he was 
told that upon making a close examination of their feet he would notice 
a large piece of dry mud between the claws of his mother-in-law’s 
right hind foot. When he should be asked to look through all the 
young calves, to find his child, he was to notice their eyes, for the 
young calf would cast his eyes to the right, without looking right at 
him, and in this way he would be able to tell his child from the other 
young calves. These were the instructions given him by his wife dur- 
ing the night when stopping for the first night’s rest. Early on the 
next morning he was again given something to eat, and then they 
started toward the north on their way to the woman’s home. Of course, 
the woman was to travel faster than the man could, because she and her 
child had become Buffalo, and thus they could travel faster than the 
man. But Young-Boy-Chief kept on traveling after he had fallen 
behind them. They traveled all that day, and about noon the boy was 
sent back to his father to ask him if he was hungry. He told his son 
that he was, and then the young calf caught up with his mother and 
told her that his father was hungry. The calf was given one kidney 
and a piece of corn bread for Young-Boy-Chief to eat. Then the 
young calf stopped and waited for his father to come along, and then 
he gave him the food and again went on. While the man was on the 
way he ate his dinner. He traveled the rest of the day, until late that 
evening, when they again stopped for the night for rest. This time, 
when they stopped, the woman used tall, rank mustard weed for the 
fire. Young-Boy-Chief was told that on the afternoon of the following 
day they would arrive at home; that his wife would go on and leave 
him, and the boy and he were to follow on; that the boy was to tell 
him where their home was, then to enter the place. The next day, 
