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As she continued her journey she would sing again, then weep. 
Finally she came to a place where some one was standing on top 
of a hill. When the person saw her he commenced to talk to her, using 
cross language to her and making as if he were going to keep her from 
passing the place. He said that he did not allow any one to come around 
his place. On her arrival where this man was she poured out some 
corn meal that she had brought along with her. When she had given 
him this, the man commenced to tell her about her brother’s being taken 
by there some time before; that it was certainly a dangerous animal that 
had him;. that he did not know for a certainty whether Young-Boy- 
Chief was still alive or not, but by going to the next place she would 
find another man who had still greater powers than he had. This first 
man that she had met was the Mountain-Lion (Wokis), a heavy set 
man, looking pretty strong. 
She continued her journey, for she was told to make haste about 
getting to this place. Of course, like other women of those times, she 
had a double-ball and a stick to travel on. She traveled with this 
double-ball and stick, and would once in a while sing, then weep, using 
the same words as before. She finally came to another man standing 
on the top of a hill. When ‘he saw the woman coming he did as the 
first man she had met did, using abusive language to her, but she kept 
going, and instead of looking at him she kept her head down. When 
she went near tto him the tried to force ‘her to turn back, but she had 
thade up her mind not to be afraid of anything while she was on the 
way in search of her brother. When she came to this man she again 
poured out some of her meal. The man finally spoke to her in the 
most kind words a man could use, saying: “Oh, this is the woman that 
is in search of her brother.” He told ‘ther that her brother had been 
carried there when first attacked; that she must remember that this 
animal that had her brother was dangerous to attack. He then told her 
to go on to the next man for further information, for the next man ‘had 
greater powers than he had. This man was Headless-Man (Chearp- 
peschaux). 3 ; 
She continued her journey, doing the same thing she had done 
before, using her double-ball and the stick to travel on, ‘and once in 
a while singing the song she had sung before, then weeping. Draw- 
ing near to the next man, she saw that he was like the other men she 
had met. He did not allow any one to come where he was, and tried 
to force her to turn back, but she was brave and kept her head down, 
instead of looking at him, and when she got near to him she poured 
out some meal for him. The man became good-humored and asked 
her if she was the woman in search of her brother. The woman said 
