302 THE) MYTHOLOGY, OFTHE VWiCh iA: 
The dead man then said: “When arriving at the place where the 
dancing is going on I shall leave you to see your wife dance, and 
every time she dances around you must take one of the four mud balls 
that will be given you to throw at her. Every time you throw the ball 
at her you will hit her, and the fourth time you hit her with the mud 
ball she will leave the dancing and go off. You must follow her to 
her home, and on arriving at her home, the women and your wife’s 
people will pay no attention to you. On entering you must get along 
the best you can and seat yourself somewhere apart from your wife, 
and wait until your wife’s father speaks to you. The very first thing 
he will ask you will be, if you can. shoot good. He will tell you to get 
on a horse and go out to a certain place where there are four buffalo, 
in the open timber, and you will have to do pretty good shooting to 
kill one of these buffalo. If you wait a little too long the buffalo will 
get into the timber before you have a chance to shoot any of them. 
He will tell you to take a lump of fat from the shoulder of the buffalo, 
after killing the buffalo. You will have this for your use while there, 
for you are to do this four times. Four days you will be allowed to 
stay there, and after you have done all this you will be allowed to bring 
your wife back into the world. There is a little more for you to go 
through after you have taken your wife, and that is, to present scalps 
after your return to your home. Your father-in-law will send you 
four times on the war-path, successively, and during these times you 
must have nothing to do with other women, for, if you do, your wife 
will know it right away. If you go through all these things, you can 
do as you like afterward.” 
While the married man was getting his instructions he wished 
that the dream would come true. He soon woke up and there was his 
friend standing before him. His friend touched this eyes, and he found 
himself in another world, still with his friend. Around ‘him, as far as 
his eye could see, he saw lodges. They entered the homes of the dead, 
and finally came to the place where the dance was, and there the dead 
man left his friend. The live man saw his wife dancing, and as she 
came around, he threw one of the mud balls at her and ‘hit her, ds the 
had been told to do. She went around the pole that they were dancing 
around and when she came around again he threw another mud ball 
at her and hit her again. Every time she came around he threw at her, 
until he had thrown the last ball. Then she left the dance and went 
off to her home, and the live man followed her. When she entered 
her home he followed her in. Her people looked at him and put their 
heads down. Finally his father-in-law spoke to him, and asked him 
