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power. Woman asks him to watch her child, who is asleep, while she goes to get 
water. When she has gone he wakes child up and cuts its leg off. When she 
returns child is dead, and young man is playing with leg. She calls people, and 
they come and kill young man. He comes out of grave and looks just the same as 
before he was killed. All men go on war-path except Coward, as people call him. 
When asked by chief why he does not go, he takes war club and goes out to fight. 
Arrows fly off from him and enemies see he can not be killed. Men run, and he 
kills many with war clubs. Next day he is sick, and vomits all arrow-heads that 
have pierced his body. He bathes and is well. Many years after he tells people 
Moon is his father. Then he arises and goes up to Moon. 
29. THE FIRST WAR PARTY. 
When people came into world they were divided into groups, and each group 
was given different name. Tribes began to fight each other, and Caddo fought 
Kiowa and Comanche. Caddo gather in council and chief sends errand-man to 
call allyoung men. Chief asks all who want to fight other tribes to sit in circle. 
Chief lays large buffalo hide in center of circle. He gives each man stick, and 
they beat hide with sticks and sing warsong. They sing until Morning-Star drives 
other stars away. Chief and assistants go ahead to-choose good place near water 
for camp. At dawn men march out, continuing war song, to place where they wait 
until noon, so that others who decide late may join party. While they are eating, 
chief makes speech, giving them rules for their conduct. They march by day and 
camp at night, chief in advance. When near enemy’s country chief appoints four 
men as spies to go in all directions. They go on until they find enemy, and fight 
them, but scalp only one to show they have been victorious. When battle is over 
warriors leave and do as they please. Word is sent home, and people deck them- 
selves with paint and feathers and goto meet war party. Scalp is put on pole and 
young men race for it. When they arrive at home all join in war dance. 
30. THE POWER OF THE CYCLONE. 
As boy sits on bank of river resting after his morning bath, voice speaks to him. 
He sees nothing, but, after gazing into water for long time, he sees man slowly 
rising to surface. Man comes and tells him to dive into water four times and to 
always face west. He does so, and man says he is power of Cyclone, but is grow- 
ing old and his strength is going, and he has come to give boy his power. He tells 
boy to swing his arms about. He swings his arms and black cloud rolls up, and 
as he throws his arms farther, wind breaks from cloud and passes throngh forest, 
tearing up trees by roots and tossing waters in fury. At last man tells him to 
stand still, and boy drops his arms breathless and panting with exertion. Man 
tells him he has received power which he is to exercise only in spring, and calls 
him ‘‘ Path-of-the-Cyclone,’? Then man disappears. Years after people see boy 
carried through air to sky on cyclone. 
31. HOW THE CANNIBAL WAS DESTROYED. 
Three men out hunting come to large tree on which something has been climb- 
ing. Near the base is large hole. Thinking bear is in hole, they thrust into it 
bundle of burning leaves and grass. Finally strange animal peeps from hole, and 
it is cannibal. Men run, and cannibal scents their tracks and follows them. 
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