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camped the two women, Second-leading-warriors, had to go through 
the tobacco rite. It was rather hard for women to do such things, but 
they did it the best they could. Bad-Boy did not know much about it 
himself, except what he was told by his father, but he went through the 
rites properly. 
The time came when Bad-Boy told the women warriors that he 
was going out spying, and he predicted that they should fight out in the 
open. Bad-Boy was always a good runner, and so he traveled fast, 
until he came to a small hill, and as he went slowly he saw some one 
coming toward him. He turned back to carry the news to his warriors. 
He had told them that if they should see him come on the run they 
would know that he had spied the enemy, and that they were to form 
in a circle and have an open place for him to enter, so that he might take 
his place and sit down. When he was seen by the women they formed 
in a circle and left an open space for him to enter. He came nearer and 
nearer, gave a whoop, and said: “I have seen it!’ When he came 
where the women were, all seated themselves on the ground and he sat 
down and whispered to the one on the right side, and asked her to ask 
him how he traveled and how he had found the enemy. Then he turned 
to the one on his left and asked her to question him as to what sort 
of luck he had had while out spying, and asked them to ask him for the 
full story of his spying. (It is a rule that when a man goes out for 
such a purpose he has to tell everything the has seen.) Bad-Boy told 
all about his journey, and how he had seen the enemy. He then whis- 
pered to both, and asked them to ask him what he thought of it all, 
and the women asked him what he thought of it. He told his women 
warriors that it was his intention to go to this enemy he had seen. They 
at once rose and went on their way in the direction in which Bad-Boy 
had seen the enemy coming. They had to conceal themselves so as not 
to allow their enemy to see them first. They finally found the enemy. 
They saw him coming down a creek, and they awaited him under a little 
high place. Bad-Boy then ordered his warriors to follow him just as 
soon as he should start to run after this man. Bad-Boy made a quick 
dash and went to meet the enemy, the Trickster, and his women war- 
riors were right behind. The Trickster came to meet them, and fought 
them, for it was better to fight than to run. Bad-Boy’s intention was 
to club him on the head with the club he had, instead of shooting, but 
the enemy fought them by shooting arrow after arrow, until Bad-Boy 
got near enough to club him; then he clubbed him and took off his 
scalp. Then they all turned back, traveling faster and faster, in order 
to go a good way off when the other enemy should start after them. 
