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to stay and goes to lake, takes off her clothing, and flies away over lake as Eagle. 
Her garments turn into grapevines. Man and child cry and go to sleep. Woman 
comes back with another man she has married. Both are Eagles.. They take 
child away while Chief’s-Son is asleep. On waking he looks for child and sees 
it with othens, flying over him. Woman Eagle sings song about things promised 
for child and then song of feathers. Each Eagle sends down three feathers to 
young man and then they fly toward east. ‘Chief’s-Son takes ‘feathers and goes 
home. He finds everybody gone, and he goes to river and turns into Otter. The 
feathers he throws into brush of which arrows are made, for benefit of next 
generation. 
23. YOUNG-BOY-CHIEF, WHO BECAME AN OTTER. 
Village is divided into two parts, each of which has chief. Chief of north 
division thas son named Chief’s-Son, for whom prominent men sing and who 
has no thought of marrying. Chief of south village has daughter, who has not 
thought of men. She does most of cooking for father’s visitors. Chief’s-Son 
and chief's daughter go to see each other at same time. They meet and decide 
to go away together. They return home for necessary things and then start 
south. At end of fourth day they find suitable place. Chief’s-Son tells wife 
what things he will get for child. Boy is born. Some time afterward young man 
thinks of home. He leaves wife and child. At home he resumes former life, 
as if unmarried, and men sing for him. When chief's daughter tired of living 
alone ‘she starts for village and goes to home of Chief’s-Son, who is seated on 
lap of man singing for him. She puts child on lap of Chief’s-Son and walks 
away toward north. Chief’s-Son follows with child. Woman will not stop, but 
sings about things promised for child’s use in cradle. She comes to lake, takes 
off robe, flies over lake and becomes Eagle. Her robe turns to grapevine. She 
marries Eagle and they fly around until Chief’s-Son goes to sleep. Eagle-woman 
takes child away. Chief’s-Son awakes and there are three Eagles. Chief’s-Son 
asks to be taken up, but Eagle-woman sings and shakes feather down to him. 
Twice again she sings, and Eagle-man and young one shake down feathers. 
Eagles fly away, and Chief’s-Son returns home, but finds tall weeds instead of 
village. He goes to river and throws feathers into bushes for feathering arrows. 
He then becomes Otter. 
24. THE MAN WHO BECAME A FLAMINGO. 
Chief has five daughters, who refuse to marry. Man-having-greater-Powers- 
than-any-other-Man thinks he will play trick on daughters of chief, who at certain 
time go to bring water from river for bath. He puts pipe bone on path for them 
to pick up. Eldest of sisters finds relic and picks it up and puts in front of her 
under blanket. She tries to find it on reaching home, but fails. After a time 
she becomes pregnant and tells father she does not know to whom child belongs. 
Child cries all day, and chief directs men to present arrows and bows to child. 
He whose bow and arrows are accepted by child is to be husband of child’s 
mother. Men pass around chief’s lodge to offer bows and arrows, but child keeps 
on crying. Coyote’s turn comes and child stops crying, and Coyote thinks he will 
be chief’s son-in-law, but child begins again. Child is handed to Man-having- 
