312 THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE WICHITA. 
Upon entering the room he saw a great many men. He was asked 
to take a seat in the rear part of the room, in front of a man whom he 
thought was the head man of the animal gods. All at once the head 
man of the place touched his eyes, and he saw in place of the men 
who were all around him, all sorts of beasts and fowls of the air. The 
man who was sitting back of him was painted on his chin, and wore a 
sort of black robe. The different animals and birds were wearing 
robes of all colors. Some of the robes were of a sort of black and 
gray, while others were of dark gray. In this crowd he saw all kinds 
of eagles, and among them the bald head. The men who brought 
him down to this place were of rather dark complexion, for they were 
Crows, of two different kinds; one was called the Raven (Kawitarh— 
Buffalo-Crow), and the other was a common kind of Crow (Kawi). 
The two men asked the other men to do whatever they expected to do 
for Wrist-Guard-on-each-Wrist, and to make haste in doing it. Then, 
one at a time, these men (the beasts and fowls of the air) took their 
turn to give this poor man, Wrist-Guard-on-each-Wrist, their powers. 
The man who was sitting back of him was a Bear, and he did the first 
work in giving him his powers. He gave ‘him power to have good hear- 
ing and powers to send out war-parties and to cure sick people. Others 
gave him power to travel faster and not be troubled with lameness any 
more. Each of these beasts and fowls of the air gave him powers of 
all kinds, and gave him presents for his use in time of need, such things 
as war-bonnet, quiver with bow and arrows with it, and shield. The 
shield was made of the hide of the Buffalo bull who presented him with 
the shield. It was painted in all colors for his use. Now he had all 
sorts of powers, and great ones, too. Then they gave him something 
to eat and water to drink. After they had done all this he was told to 
return to his home, and to wear everything that ‘he had, but that he was 
not to arrive home during daylight, but at night, so that no one would 
see him or know who he was. They then told him that he should not 
have intercourse with a woman, and they warned him, saying that since 
his looks were changed women might notice him. 
Wrist-Guard-on-each-Wrist started home with all ‘his gifts, but 
on account of having these powers the load was easy for him to carry. 
While he was on the way home he would look at ‘his war-bonnet and 
the other things that had been given to him. He would try a good 
many things to prove his powers, and he wondered how he could in 
some way get a look at himself, to see if his looks were the same as 
when he left the mountains. When he came to a creek he looked for a 
still place in the water, and there he looked at himself and found that he 
