218 THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE WICHITA. 
of Shadow-of-the-Sun on the pile of wood with all the other bones. 
When they had placed all the bones upon the wood they started the 
fire. When the wood began to burn and to settle down, they stirred it 
up to make it burn better. Now, they called those who had been killed 
by Shadow-of-the-Sun, and as they called them they jumped out of the 
fire, one after another. When the fire went down, there was a lot of 
men. After this was done the old man returned to the chief’s place, 
having destroyed the evil spirited people. 
On the next day the people in the village were called together at 
the chief's place. When they had gathered around his place they 
asked the chief why he had called them there. The old chief told of 
the good things the old man had done for them; what hard times 
they had had while living with the evil spirited people, and said they 
had better not exist any longer as human beings, for they had had 
hard enough times; that by and by, by turning to other beings they 
might enjoy better times; that those who wished to live as human 
beings could do so. Afiter this was announced the people began to 
return to their places, some going out and flying away from the vil- 
lage, some going into the timber and some into the prairies. The good 
chief became an Eagle (Kos). 
After the people had moved away the old father took his boys 
back home. While they were gone the woman had known that the old 
man was still alive, for she had seen no sign of any blood, the sign for 
death, in the bowl of white mixture. So they lived for a good while. 
The old man thought perhaps some other evil things might befall 
him, the same as had happened to his boys. He thought they had better 
become something else, so they turned into Swift-Hawks (Gusseios). 
32. YOUNG-BOY-CHIEF AND HIS SISTER.* 
Young-Boy-Chief (‘Waiksedia) and his sister were living by 
themselves, and they had a dog which they called Little-Dog (Kiithar). 
Young-Boy-Chief was a great hunter. He hunted deer mostly. He 
had a bow and four arrows. ‘Two of the arrows were painted red, 
and the other two were painted black. These weapons he used for 
hunting. They had plenty of dried and fresh meats. Once on a time, 
early in the morning, as Young-Boy-Chief’s sister went to a creek, 
near by their place, to bring water, she saw a Deer sitting down. She 
turned toward their place and called Young-Boy-Chief to come out 
and shoot the Deer, but Young-Boy-Chief did not come. She called 
*Told by Careful-Doer (Woman) (Wichita). 
