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grass-lodge cleaned and smoked before she enters. Next day young man gets 
up war-party, who takes rawhide, in place of drum, and sings songs. ‘They 
obtain scalps and on return home they dance. Young man soon goes on another 
war-party. He has war bundle given him by his wife’s dead relatives. They 
again return victorious and young man puts scalp away. At night, thinking his 
wife will not know, he dances with another woman and stays with her all night. 
When he goes back home his wife is gone. He mourns again, but no one 
appears to him. 
60. THE CRIPPLE WHO DISOBEYED THE GODS. 
Small crippled boy has notion of visiting Village-on-Hill-side to get powers. 
He goes and fasts on mountain-top. He hears stars talk about him and he 
plays to stars and animal gods to help him to become a famous and better-looking 
man. This continues three days, and early on fourth day two men come who 
take him into large room inside of mountain. He sees many men. Head man 
touches his eyes and he sees all sorts of beasts and fowls of air. ‘They wear 
robes of all colors. There are all kinds of Coyotes, Raven, and Crow, who 
bring him there and ask other men to make haste and do for him. Bear gives 
him power to have good hearing, to send out war-parties, and to cure sick 
people. Each gives him powers and presents. He is then told to return home 
and to wear everything he has, but to arrive at home at night, so that no one 
will see him or know who he is, and that he is not to have intercourse with 
women. He starts home and looks into water and sees he is handsome. He 
begins to think whom he shall choose as wife. He decides to enter village by 
daylight and make himself known. He watches people playing games, especially 
woman’s double-ball game. When he arrives at place he goes in middle of crowd 
and tells them who he is, and where he has been since he disappeared. He reaches 
home and tells his people. At night crowds of men go to see him and many 
women stand outside to marry him, but are refused entrance. Certain woman 
comes and goes right to bed with him. After he has gone to sleep all his powers 
are taken from him. He becomes ugly as at first. 
