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home with meat Coyote goes to stone and commands it to move to one side. 
It does so and a great herd of buffalo comes out. He drives buffalo to place 
where he came from and tells chief. People kill buffalo and people have plenty 
to eat. Chief Wolf announces that as they may have hard times again they 
should become what they were. They remain in their lodge as Wolves, Coyote, 
and Black-Wolf. 
28. HALF-A-BOY, WHO OVERCAME THE GAMBLER. 
Half-a-Boy lives in village where all kinds of games are played. He goes 
to another village where is man who plays wheel game very well. Is directed 
to tipi of chief. Chief warns boy that he will have to play with cruel man who 
lives there, and after losing all he thas will have to bet his life. He plays next 
day and loses all his things. Man tells him he has to bet his life. His body is 
equal to three bets, right side, left side, and backbone. He loses two of these 
bets by time sun goes down and finally persuades man to spare his life until 
next day. Man calls him Half-a-Boy because he Jost part of his body by 
gambling. He remains at grounds and when everybody is asleep two women 
come and call him. He goes with them and they become Buffalo-cows. They 
come to where grandfather and grandmother are taking smoke. Women tell old 
people to give him powers. Obtains black and red sticks from old Buffalo bull 
and song from old woman Buffalo. He receives instructions as to play. Boy 
returns to village and in morning his opponent comes to win rest of his body. 
He asks to see his opponent’s stick and passes it through his left hand four times. 
Boy hits man’s stick and breaks it in two. Chief goes to tipi for boy’s sticks and 
hands red stick to opponent. Black stick always finds wheel. Boy wins back 
third of his body and then doubles his bet. He wins everything in opponent’s 
village, then kills all his people. He bets his life against life of man, who is 
Shadow-of-the-Sun. Boy wims first, second, and third part of body of Shadow- 
Man. As stick enters wheel two big buffalo arise and chase man, who is torn 
to pieces and body burned up. As fire dies down boy pokes it and men killed 
by Shadow-Man jump out. MHalf-a-Boy refuses to be chief and turns into 
Blackbird and goes to buffalo in north. 
29. YOUNG-BOY-CHIEF, WHO MARRIED A BUFFALO. 
Village is divided into two parts, each governed by chief. In space between 
parts games are played. Young-Boy-Chief is son of chief of south village. 
Other chief has daughter. Boy spends his time in watching other boys play. 
Girl always stays at home. Young-Buffalo-Woman comes, and on way finds 
piece of dry grass like white, soft feather. She is dressed differently from 
other women and is tattooed on face. Young woman goes to ground and sees 
Young-Boy-Chief, who is on lookout for chief’s daughter. She drops dry grass 
and wind rolls it toward young man. She plays in double-ball game and always 
is ahead. Dry grass rolls between legs of Young+Boy-Chief, and when he 
throws it away it returns. It bothers him, and he takes it with him to lodge. 
Woman leaves game and goes to tipi, after bathing in creek. People have no 
food, and woman brings kidney and corn bread from her ieft side and gives 
them to eat. She puts back fat and then takes same things from her right side 
