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he hears arrow coming he is to tell him to get out of way, and bones will do so. 
Boy then climbs tree, and after a while his bones drop, and little boy piles them 
together as he was told, and shoots black arrow, and brother jumps from calf hide. 
He says his father has given him very dangerous power, and that brother must 
climb tree to get power. Little boy climbs tree with like result. Little boy has 
power of thunder and other boy power of lightning. They goon until they come 
to large lake and see place where wheel has passed into water. They pray again, 
and boy plants another pecan, and large tree springs up and it bends over lake and 
makes a bridge. They cross and find trace of wheel. They follow it and see old 
man. Lightning boy tells Thunder boy that old man took wheel and has it in his 
right side. They kill man and find wheel. They go on and find old man’s people, 
whom they kill. They come to pile of bones and they are bones of Medicine-Man’s 
wife. They cover them with buffalo calf hide, and bring her to life again by means 
of black arrow. They all startfor home. Lightning boy gets there first and finds 
father very old man and still weeping for his children. He goes out to meet his 
wife and son. All live happily for number of years, and then father and mother 
die. Boys are lonely and decide to leave world. They go up in sky, and when 
clouds gather in storm, Lightning and Thunder are seen in their midst. 
18. SPLINTER FOOT BOY. 
Orphan boy who lives with grandmother is famous hunter. While long way 
from home stick pierces his leg and breaks off inside. Leg swells and friends 
have to carry him home. Jeg continues to swell and finally skin breaks and child 
comes. Boy is angry, but grandmother cares for baby. While she is away boy 
takes child to lake and leaves it. Child lays there until it grows to be good- 
sized boy. Many birds fly over lake, and when they are half way cross, lake leaps 
up and draws them down. Boy sees this, and one day sees big water monster in 
water. He wishes he could kill water monster, and while thinking about it some 
one hits him on back. He turns, and there is Medicine-Screech-Owl, boy about 
his own age. Medicine-Screech-Owl says he will help him to kill monster, and 
tells him to go to grandmother’s and get six arrows, bow, and six grains from six 
different kinds of corn. Grandmother surprised to see him and gives him all he 
asks for. He returns to lake and Medicine-Screech-Owl throws three grains of 
each kind of corn into air. They become birds and fly across water. Water 
monster leaps up to draw them down, and boy shoots at monster. Sixth arrow 
pierces it through and it rolls over and floats on water. Medicine-Screech-Owl 
says it is largest water monster in world. He takes bow and pulls monster to 
bank. He disappears and boy goes to grandmother’s house and tells her what 
they have done. Boy goes again to lake. Water is very low, and so clear he sees 
fish swimming about. He dives to catch fish, and sword-fish goes right through 
him. Boy shoots fish with{bow and arrow. Next day all water gone, but boy 
sees two large shells. Hetakes them home and cuts them so that he can put them 
over holes made by sword-fish. He wears one in front aud one behind. Shells 
have power of hearing any sound in whole world. Whenever boy wants to hear 
anything he puts shells to his ears. He now becomes great medicine-man, and 
people plan to kill him. Heand grandmother go to top of high mountain near 
village and make grass house there. He places two fierce dogs at door to guard 
house. Boy knows people who are planning to kill him by means of his shells. 
They die one after another, and people suspect boy is bewitching them. Many 
