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30. THE SWIFT-HAWKS AND SHADOW-OF-THE-SUN.* 
Once upon a time there was a village which was divided by a street 
‘running through its center from north to south. Each part of the 
village was ruled over by a chief. The chief who ruled the west part of 
the village was a good man. The chief who ruled the east side was a 
bad man. One time a boy, who lived with his father, mother, and three 
younger brothers in another place, decided that he would make a visit 
to this village. He took all of his bows, arrows, and other weapons, 
and started on his journey. On the evening of the’fourth day after he 
had left this home, he came to the village. He stopped outside the 
village upon a high place, from where he could look down into the 
village. He noticed that the bad chief’s part of the village was more 
lively than the other part. After viewing it all, he started to go down. 
Before reaching the village he came to a person standing and facing 
him. He kindly asked this person where he might find a good place to 
sleep all night. The person told him to go to the highest tipi that he 
had seen; so he went on to the place, as he was told. 
On entering, he was requested to go to a bed in the west end of the 
tipi. In these times the people had tipis made out of buffalo hides, 
grass-lodges, and earth-lodges. ‘The boy was requested to pass on to 
the west end of the tipi, because the tipis generally faced toward the east, 
and at the entrance there were always two beds, one on the south side 
and the other on the north side, one or two more at the southwest part 
of the tipi, and-another at the northwest: When the boy entered, 
he passed on to the bed on the northwest side and sat down. This was 
the chief’s place, and the chief told the boy that it was a rather bad place 
for visitors. On making his appearance, the boy found that word had 
already been sent to the other chief. These two chiefs each had a 
servant. The chief said to the boy that he thought some one had 
already notified the other chief of his arrival. The boy was told that 
early the next morning he would be called to enter a foot-race. They 
finally went to bed and slept until the boy was called by the other chief 
to the foot-race. The chief himself was Shadow-of-the-Sun (Ihakaats- 
kada), and had a dark complexion. When the boy was called he and 
the other chief both went out to the nearest bathing place and took an 
early morning bath. Then they went on to the scene of the foot-race. 
Great crowds of people were present to watch the foot-race, and they 
saw that the young man was fine-looking. The young man and the chief 
came to the place where they were to start from. The foot-race began, 
both chiefs running first. Shadow-of-the-Sun outran the other chief. 
*Told by Ahahe (Waco.) 
