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medicine-men were going to hold a dance, and they wanted the young 
man to be'present and show his powers, if he hadany. ‘The dance was 
held and every one attended. Black-Mountain-Bear-Medicine-Man sat 
and watched the dancers until the last, the sixth night of the dance; 
then he arose and joined in the dance. He danced faster and faster, 
and after a time went over and picked upa gun. He took the bullet 
out, then he showed it and the powder to all the people. Then he put 
them in the gun again and gave it to his helper. He continued danc- 
ing, and after he had danced a long time and very fast he fell to the 
ground. After a while he arose on his knees and spread out his arms. 
His helper shot him through the breast and he fell over in a faint. 
Soon he arose and began dancing again, and as he danced he showed 
the bullet to the people and also bared his breast, and they could see no 
marks. He had caught the bullet inhis hands. After that he became 
a member of the medicine-men’s society. 
After a time another young man appeared with wonderful power, 
also given him by the Mountain-Bear. He appeared at the medicine- 
men’s lodge one night, where they were having a dance, and he joined 
in and did many wonderful things. He had a bear’s skin that he 
could cause to turn into a young bear, which would follow him about, and 
then he would turn the animal back into a piece of skin. 
There are two kinds of medicine-men. One kind has power to doctor 
and heal the sick ; another has the power to prevent any one from being 
hurt or harmed, and cancharmawayalldanger. The latter are supposed 
to be more powerful than the first kind of medicine-men, for they can 
perform their magic without medicine and have power to bewitch people 
who are afar off, and thus make them lose their minds and not know 
what they are doing. . They have a song of death, and when they sing 
the song before a dying person they frighten away death and the person 
lives. There are few people who ever receive this power, which is 
generally given by the sun, moon, stars, earth, or storm, but some very 
wild and ferocious animals can also give the power to people. 
11. THE GIRL WHO MARRIED A TURTLE. 
A girl lived alone with her two brothers. They were famous hunters 
and were away all day hunting. While they were gone the girl often 
played down by the water, and there she came to know Turtle. One 
day he came up to her and asked her if she would have him for her 
husband. She said that she would, and after that she met him when- 
ever she went tothe lake. Often her brothers wanted to carry the water 
for her, but she would never let them, but would always go herself and 
stay a long time with Turtle. One time her brothers went away to be 
