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he joins dance. He dances faster and faster and picks up gun. He takes out 
bullet and powder and puts them back again and gives gun to helper. He dances 
again, falls, kneels, and spreads out arms. Helper shoots him through breast and 
he falls in faint. He rises, dances again, and shows bullet to people. He has 
caught itin his hands. Another young man has wonderful power given him by 
Mountain-Bear. He has bear’s skin that he causes to turn into young bear, which 
follows him about. Then he turns animal back intoskin. There are two kinds of 
medicine-men. One has power to heal sick ; another has power to prevent any one 
from being hurt or harmed. The latter are more powerful than others, as they can 
perform without medicine and can be with people afar off. They have a song of 
death which frightens away death. This power is generally given by Sun, Moon, 
Stars, Earth, or Storm, and also by some very wild and ferocious animals. 
11. THE GIRL WHO MARRIED A TURTLE. 
Girl lives with two brothers, who are famous hunters. Girl plays by water and 
gets to know Turtle. He asks to be her husband. She consents and sees him 
as often asshe can. Brothers go away for many days. Girl builds high bed for 
Turtle ; carries him home and puts him in it. Every day she puts bowl of pota- 
toes in bed for him to eat. Brothers come home, and she wants to take Turtle 
back to river, but he begs to stay. Boys notice high bed, but suspect nothing until 
they see sister take bowl full of potatoes to bed and take it out empty. They 
pretend they are going hunting, and soon return. Girl goes to dig potatoes. Boys 
find Turtle in bed and kill him, and then run away. Girl finds husband dead and 
runs after them. Boys come to river, where many white ducks are playing. Boys 
offer to paint ducks different colors if they will carry them and bob-tailed dog 
across river. Ducks carry them across and soon girl comes. Ducks say they 
have not seen boys and dog. White duck, whom boys have forgotten to paint, 
says boys and dog have just passed. Duck carries girl across. Brothers see her 
coming. They meet three white doves, who, at their request, fly to the sky with 
them and dog. Smoke makes doves’ white feathers gray. Girl asks doves where 
brother and dog are. They point to three bright stars in southern part of sky. 
Girl looks at stars and falls dead. 
12, THE MAN AND THE DOG WHO BECAME STARS. 
Man has dog who when they’ are off alone hunting talks as if he were man, 
He cau always tell what is about to happen. Once Dog comes running back and 
tells master they are coming to dangerous place. Dog scents deer and starts on 
trail. Man shoots deer, which runs to lake and jumps into water. Dog jumps in 
and holds deer until man comes. They kill deer, and man swims toward shore 
with it on his shoulders. Dog cries out. They are surrounded by poisonous and 
dangerous water animals. Man prays to spirits to help them, and water leaps up 
and throws them on shore. Man in gratitude throws some of deer’s flesh into 
water as sacrifice. Man and dog decide to leave this dangerous world and go to 
sky to live. They are two bright stars in south, 
13. HVENING-STAR AND ORPHAN-STAR. 
Poor orphan boy lives with large family who mistreat him. He goes with 
people to island in large lake to hunt eggs. They go away while he is asleep and 
leave him to starve. He lives for time on scraps he finds around dead camp fires. 
