228 THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE WICHITA. 
out for your people better than you did when I first carried off some 
of your people. Since you did this you sent out a war-party and re- 
turned victorious, with scalps and captives; then had scalp dances and 
victory dances, and then I interrupted you again by carrying off some 
of your number.” The animal, now thinking he had guessed correctly, 
said: “I am now going to kill you.” Not-know-who-you-are then told 
the animal that he had not guessed correctly about the poles, and he 
said: “You must make the guess as to the poles, then you can kill” 
me; but if you do not guess rightly about them I will kill you.” The 
animal said the poles had nothing to do with Not-know-who-you-are’s 
intention. ‘The animal said to Not-know-who-you-are that nothing 
more should be required, as he had heard all the answers that were 
demanded. Not-know-who-you-are said: ‘““Allow me to tell you what 
the poles are for.” The animal permitted. When Not-know-who-you- 
are told the meaning of the poles the animal drew back, and said: 
“T forgot about that.’ When the animal had failed to answer all, 
Not-know-who-you-are took his bow-string from his bow and used the 
string to kill the animal with. He then cut off the hoofs of the animal 
and put them on the poles as he had intended. The name of the animal 
was Mountain-Lion (Woxis), or Spike-Tail. Not-know-who-you-are 
returned home. 
Before leaving his home, Not-know-who-you-are ‘had told his wife 
to watch in the west for him and the sticks, and if she should see the 
sticks showing up with the hoofs on the ends of them it would indicate 
that he had killed the beast. When he returned home he held the poles 
in both hands up in front of him. For many days he traveled, until 
he came to a place just over the hill from his village. The sticks were 
seen by the people, and they saw the hoofs on the ends of them. They 
thought that Not-know-who-you-are had killed the beast. 
When Not-know-who-you-are arrived home he stuck the poles up 
by his lodge and told this people to gather around his lodge and have a 
big dance; that he thought no other misfortune could befall the people, 
for he had killed the beast that had carried off their people. The 
people at once began to dance, and continued to dance night after night, 
and everything went on well after that. 
‘War-parties were now sent out, and when the people returned 
victorious, bringing many scalps and captives, they would continue their 
dances by night, having good times, without interruption. This is the 
way Not-know-who-you-are delivered tthe people from their troubles. 
The people in the village remained without further molestation. 
