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16. THE THUNDERBIRD WOMAN. 
Three people live together in grass-lodge, in front of north door of which 
stands large cottonwood tree. They are Thunderbird-Woman, Little-Big-Belly- 
Boy, and the Libertine. Libertine hunts and is very strong, but can not lift little 
things. Piece of grass falls on his back. He asks boy to help him, but for fun 
boy lets it stay until Libertine gives out. Then boy takes it off. To cure soreness 
Libertine takes cottonwood tree out by roots and stands it on his back, with 
other wood, and sets it on fire. Next morning ‘he goes hunting and brings home 
live buffalo. Buffalo will not let boy out of lodge. At last Libertine takes 
buffalo and makes robe out of it for boy. Boy catches mouse and ties it by neck 
near door. Libertine is afraid and asks boy to release mouse. Boy remains in 
bed and laughs at Libertine, but finally, at his request, takes mouse, shakes it and 
makes robe for Libertine. Robe is too heavy for him and boy has to remove it... 
Boy tells Libertine something is coming to carry him off. Libertine shoots arrow 
through tree but boy says that is not enough. Sun-Buzzard, having body covered 
with sharp flint stones, comes and carries off Libertine, who tries, but fails, to 
shoot it. He carries Libertine to his nest. Young ones pick at him and he kills 
two of them. He descends tree and by means of string parts water and runs 
across place. Libertine returns home. Sun-Buzzard comes again and Libertine 
leads other two to mountains, through which he carries them on his back. Sun- 
Buzzard follows them, but it falls down and Libertine kills it. Libertine is afraid 
something will happen to them again, and so he goes to woods and becomes 
Big-Red-Water-Worm. TThunderbird/Woman goes north and calls herself 
Rain-Woman, and Little-Big-Belly-Boy flies toward prairie and becomes Linnet- 
Bird, or Dry-Grass-Bird. 
1¢. HEALTHY-FLINT-STONE-MAN AND WOMAN HAVING-POWERS- 
IN-THE-WATER. 
Flint-Stone-Man marries pretty woman in village. Strange woman comes 
and asks wife to go with her to get wood. She goes with Litle-Old-Woman and 
cuts wood for both. Little-Old-Woman kneels and wife helps her with her pile 
and then she helps wife. They return home. Little-Old-Woman comes second 
time and they go further away to get wood. Wife cuts two piles of wood and 
Little-Old-Woman helps her first with her pile. Little-Old-Woman tells wife 
if she will go with her to fetch wood four times, she will need no more help 
from her. Third time wife goes with Little-Old-Woman and they go much 
further to get wood. Little-Old-Woman comes fourth time. They go twice 
as far as before. When wife cuts wood, wife tries to persuade other to kneel 
finst by pile. Finally wife kneels and old woman tightens carrying ropes around 
her neck, so that she falls dead. Then she blows into top of her head and 
blows skin from her, hair and all. Old woman then puts on skin and by stretch- 
ing makes it fit her. She then throws body into flowing water. Old woman takes 
pile of wood to her new home. Chief does not discover change, as old woman 
knows all about wife’s ways. Time comes for skin to decay and hair to come 
off. Old woman pretends to be sick, but refuses to be doctored, and chief hires 
servant, Buffalo-Crow-Man, to doctor her. He says she is fraud, and after sing- 
ing song four times decayed hide comes off from her. Men take old woman and 
