MEDICINE-SCREECH-OWL. AI 
commenced filling the hole with heavy stones and dirt until he supposed 
that the boy was dead. 
One evening the same person, who had passed the lodge and heard 
the boy’s mother calling him by the ex-chief’s name, passed again, and 
again heard her calling the same name, and he heard young Medicine- 
Screech-Owl answering her. The man went to the ex-chief’s lodge and 
told him that the boy was still living, because while he was passing by 
his lodge he had heard his mother calling him and had heard him 
answering. When the ex-chief heard this he became very angry, and 
said that he was going to try once more, and if he failed to kill the boy 
this time he would leave him alone. He sent for the boy the fourth 
time. Hecame, and found that they had built up a big fire. The 
ex-chief told the boy to go right into the middle of the fire and sit 
down, for he wanted to see if he had any powers at all; that if he had 
any powers he would not burn up. The boy went into the midst of 
the fire and sat down for a long time, until the fire burned out; then 
he arose unharmed. When he had come out of the fire he made another 
big fire and told the ex-chief that it was his turn to go into the fire, to 
show whether or not he had any power. ‘The ex-chief went in and 
the fire burned him to death. 
From that time on the boy would go from place to place. Finally 
he grew to be almost a man in size. Many times he would run away 
from his father and mother, and when he returned his mother would 
scold him. Still he continued to go off wherever he pleased. The 
reason why his mother scolded him so much when he went anywhere 
was because she knew that there were many people who were envious 
of his power and would try to kill him; but the boy did not care for 
that. There was one, place where three of his enemies were living, 
who were always talking about killing him. Medicine-Screech-Owl 
heard these men talking about him, and so one day he determined to 
visit them. He quietly stole away from his father and mother, for he 
dared not say anything to them about going, for fear they would not 
let him go. When he came to the place he found the three men at 
home, and when they saw him coming they all came out from their 
lodge and were very glad to see him, for they had been wishing for a 
long time that he would come. ‘They asked him where he was going. 
He replied that he had come over for avisit to his friends. They asked 
him to go into the lodge. Young Medicine-Screech-Owl knew that he 
was to go in first, and that all the others would come in and attempt 
to kill him. The door they had to enter was very small, although big 
enough for one man at a time toenter. When Medicine-Screech-Owl 
had entered he stood by the door and waited for the others to come in. 
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