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the village, to the largest tipi that he should see. ‘There he went. 
When he reached the tipi he entered. He was told to go to the bed on 
the northwest side. When he sat down he noticed many men gathered 
around the chief's tipi. The chief commenced to tell him what he would 
have to do; that the next morning some one from the evil spirited men’s 
village would call out with a whoop for him to come to a foot-race. 
Now he was given something to eat. The chief’s visitors, having sat 
up talking until late at night, now left, and the boy went to bed. The 
next morning he heard some one shouting for him, telling him to come 
to the foot-race. He got up, went to the flowing water and took his 
early morning bath, then returned to the chief’s tipi. He then set out 
with the chiefs to tthe course. They went the same distance from the 
village as his brothers had gone with the chiefs. Now they started for 
the race. The good chief was beaten. Shadow-of-the-Sun was next to 
race with the boy. The boy would race a part of the way on the chief’s 
right side, and as soon as he saw that he was not gaining he would 
go on his left side, then on his right and again on his left. Finally 
he was beaten by Shadow-of-the-Sun, who then killed him. The good 
chief’s part of the village was again in trouble. ‘The visited chief 
grieved over the loss of his people, for some of his people were always 
killed when his visitor lost the race. Then the visited chief would beg 
the evil spirited chief to take his life instead, but he would say that it 
was better to save him, for he was always having visitors. | 
Now, at the boys’ home there was left the father and mother. The 
old man knew that something had happened to his children. He re- 
solved to go in search of his boys. He took a small wooden bowl in 
which he put water. He then colored the water with white clay. He 
told his wife to watch the bowl during his absence, and that if any- 
thing should happen to him, and the should be killed, she would see 
blood in the water, which would be a sign that he was dead, but if 
the water remained clear it would indicate that he was still alive. 
After doing this he had his wife make a pair of moccasins and pre- 
pare some corn meal to take along for his food. He started out. He 
traveled the entire day. Late in the evening he came to a fireplace. 
Here he knew each of his boys had stayed over night. He took his bow 
and arrow and shot toward the timber. He shot a deer for his food. 
Now he had some meat to eat. The next morning he started out again 
and traveled all day, until late in the evening, when he found another 
fireplace where each of his boys had stayed for a night’s rest. He knew 
his boys had stayed there over night. Again he took his bow and arrow 
and shot toward the timber and killed a deer. Now he had something 
