THE LITTLE BROWN HAWKS. 247 
This is the tune of his song of his early life and his life on the 
war-path, in times when he did not want to do any home work, as his 
oldest brother had decreed for him who should fail to be present in 
battle. , 
Little-Crow having done this heroic deed the people gathered 
around their home, giving him a victory dance and praising him. 
After the dante was over in the daytime they again danced at night, 
continuing the dance until morning. ‘This was the beginning of victory 
dances. It was now a good time when they lived with the people. Then 
they quickly called the people together, and when the people came, 
they announced to them that they wanted to leave their old home and 
to live hereafter somewhere else. So they commenced to teach their 
powers to the human beings for the next generation, and when they 
took pity on any one they gave him powers so that some one could do 
the same things they had done when they existed on the earth as human 
beings. After they had taught the people their powers they went into 
their lodge, threw a gourd full of water upon the fire, and as the 
steam arose the four brothers went up with it and became Sparrow- 
Hawks. 
39. THE LITTLE BROWN HAWKS.* 
There was once a family living all by themselves. This family 
consisted of father, mother, and four boys. ‘heir name was Swift- 
Hawk (Gusseios). ‘he old man talked to his boys and taught them 
to go out on the war-path and hunting. The four brothers resembled 
each other so much that the only way people could tell them apart was 
by their ages. The old man forbade the boys to go to the village called 
Fire-Light-like-Prairie-Fire (Hasaitsiaidadiwa), north of their homes. 
Once upon.a time the oldest boy took a notion to visit the place. It took 
him four days to go, and when he got there he asked where there was 
a place for visitors to stay all night. He was told to go to the largest 
tipi that he could see, where he would find one of the leading men of 
the village and that he would be allowed to stay all night. He went 
on as directed and entered the place. The man whom he was visiting 
told the Swift-Hawk that there was danger at the place; that in this 
place was living Boy-setting-Grass-on-Fire-by-his-Footsteps (Weks- 
naquadniahaits), who was a dangerous man, and had the Coyote 
(Ketox) for his servant. While the man was telling how dangerous 

*Told by Man-who-killed-three-blind-in-the-left-Eye-Osage (Wichita). 
