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and eats them. Young-Boy-Chief searches for woman and finds her in last 
lodge. He tells woman the has mistaken her for daughter of chief, but they begin 
to live as husband and wife. He says his marriage is to be kept secret. They 
live together long time, but when she is pregnant Young-Boy-Chief ceases to go 
toseeher. Childis born and woman waits for him to come and see it. Boy grows 
and asks who father is. Woman will not say, but finally takes him to Young- 
Boy-Chief’s home, where many older men sitting around him. Child calls him 
father and he asks men to remove woman and child. Woman takes child on 
back and starts toward north. When away from village they become Buffalo. 
Young-Boy-Chief follows and overtakes them. Woman gives him kidney and 
bread to eat and tells him of troubles he will have at her home. He will have 
to meet her four husbands, who are brothers, and that her younger sister will 
offer herself as wife. He will have to pick out from other buffalo his wife, ‘his 
wife’s uncles, father, and mother, and his child. She tells him how to dis- 
tinguish each of them. On fourth day they come to wife’s home in buffalo 
village on high ‘hill. Young-Boy-Chief is asked to have sister for wife, but pays 
no attention. Next day he performs all tasks required of him and is permitted 
to retain his wife. Young-Boy-Chief likes new home better than old one. Long 
afterward Buffalo chief goes to other people to trade. People are to wear their 
best dresses when killing Buffalo. If meat only taken and hide left Buffalo 
live again, and best dresses belong to Buffalo. Young-Boy-Chief has to do as 
other Buffalo. Hie has many children by Buffalo wife. Whenever Buffalo come 
to people they show their desire to trade. 
30. THE SWIFT-HAWKS AND SHADOW-OF-THE-SUN. 
Village is divided into two parts, each ruled over by chief, one good, other 
bad. In another place is boy who lives with father, mother, and three younger 
brothers. Boy decides to visit village, which he comes to on fourth day after 
leaving home. He is directed to tipi of chief, where he is told that he will 
be called to enter foot race. Next morning he is called to race by other chief, 
Shadow-of-the-Sun. Boy and other chief take bath and then go to scene of 
race. Shadow-of-the-Sun runs first with the chief, then with Coyote, who are 
beaten. Then boy, Swift-Hawk, runs until he comes to deep canyon which he 
can not pass, and Shadow-of-the-Sun kills him with club. Another of four Swift- 
Hawks goes to same village, has similar experience to his brothers’, and meets 
same fate. This happens to four brothers in succession, all of whom are killed 
by Shadow-of-the-Sun. Other chief offers his life to him, but he refuses it, and 
after race carries off lot of chief’s people. Father knows what has happened to 
boys and goes to village of two chiefs. Before starting he puts water and white 
clay into shell and tells wife that if blood appears in shell it indicates that he 
is dead and she is to leave place. He reaches villages in four days, goes to chief’s 
tipi, and is told he will have to run foot race. Next morning he is called by 
Shadow-of-the-Sun. He, with chief and Coyote, go for bath, and old man comes 
out of water just like his four sons. He comes with Shadow-of-the-Sun, gets on 
right side of him, then on left side, and finally gets on his right shoulder and 
then on his left shoulder. When they come to canyon, old man, being on shoulder 
of Shadow-of-the-Sun, kicks him on breast and then in back and then goes 
on and leaves him behind. When he wins race he takes bow-string and pulls 
