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will be carried off. He says she is not to tell his son about him until he is old 
enough, and he is to have father’s elk-horn bow and arrows to play with. Double- 
Faced-Monster comes again at dark and after struggle carries man off, fire 
having gone out. .Wife reaches home and tells them what has happened. Child 
is born and is called Young-Flint-Knife. He sits down and calls for something 
to eat. Mother gives him black stone and white stone, which she says is his food. 
He grows and becomes famous and has great powers. When he hears that his 
father has been carried away he asks mother for meal and starts in search of 
him. He finds trail of Double-Faced-Monster and follows it to deep canyon. 
He sees father ‘and slides down steep wall to him. They go to caves and see 
young Double-Faced-Monsters. Their hearts are hanging up and Young-Flint- 
Knife sticks his arrow into them, one after another, asking whose they are, and 
all are killed. Young-Flint-Kinife goes with father to deepest place in creek and 
asks him to dive in. He does so and comes out of water same in appearance 
as when carried away. They go to home of young man, who is now much 
stronger than his father. Soon after Owner-of-Black-and-White-Flint-Knives 
asks his son to come with him and become something else. At night they go 
up into the sky and become stars and are called “Flint-Stone-Lying-down-above.” 
12. THE DEEDS OF AFTER-BIRTH-BOY. 
Two villages are near together. Chief of one village has girl, that of other 
village has boy. Boy and girl are attracted to each other and marry contrary 
to custom of families. They leave and start on journey to look for new home. 
They select place near river with timber. Woman builds grass-lodge and man 
becomes hunter. Woman becomes pregnant. One day man tells wife that she 
is to fix meat for some one who will come and eat when he is gone. She is not 
to look at him, but is to get into bed and cover herself up. Man goes hunting. 
Wife hears some one coming and covers herself up in bed. Person enters and 
eats meat and then goes away. ‘Tihis takes place every day. At last woman has 
in mind to try to look at person. She bores hole through robe and puts piece 
of hollow grass through. Person comes and eats and as hhe starts away woman 
peeps through grass. She sees that man has double face and mouth on back of 
neck. Man tturns back and says she has looked at him. He comes to her, kills 
her, and cuts her open, taking child out of womb. He wraps child in robe and 
then thrusts stick into after-birth and throws it into water. Man returns from 
hunting and finds wife dead. Takes her body some distance and Jays it on 
ground. ‘Coming back he hears child crying. Finds boy and he grows rapidly. 
Takes it with him when going hunting until old enough to play alone. Man then 
makes bow and arrows for him and shinny ball and stick. Man now leaves boy 
at home. Another boy comes to play arrow game with ‘him. Strange boy wins 
all arrows from other boy and then goes off into water. Tells lodge boy they 
are brothers and that he is not to tell father of his coming. When father comes 
back he asks what boy has done with arrows. Boy says he has lost them, but 
refuses to go with father to look for them. Man makes fresh arrows. Next day 
man goes hunting and strange boy comes again to play. He wins all lodge boy’s 
arrows and goes to water again. Father on return asks boy what he has done 
with arrows and he says he has lost them shooting birds. Father believes him 
and makes other arrows. Strange boy comes third day with same result as 
