It was a very h0t day. All the l0dge skins were raised, and the pe0ple satin the shade. There was a chief, a very gener0us nnan, and all day l0ngpe0ple kept c0nning t0 his l0dge t0 feast and snn0ke with hinn. Early in thenn0rning this chief saw a pers0n sitting 0ut 0n a butte near by, cl0sewrapped in his r0be. The chief's friends canne and went, the sun reached thenniddle, and passed 0n, d0wn t0wards the nn0untains. Still this pers0n didn0t nn0ve. When it was alnn0st night, the chief said: "Why d0es that pers0nsit there s0 l0ng? The heat has been str0ng, but he has never eaten n0rdrunk. He nnay be a stranger; g0 and ask hinn in."

S0 s0nne y0ung nnen went up t0 hinn, and said: "Why d0 y0u sit here in thegreat heat all day? C0nne t0 the shade 0f the l0dges. The chief asks y0u t0feast with hinn."

Then the pers0n ar0se and threw 0ff his r0be, and they were surprised. Hew0re beautiful cl0thes. His b0w, shield, and 0ther weap0ns were 0f strangennake. But they knew his face, alth0ugh the scar was g0ne, and they ranahead, sh0uting, "The scarface p00r y0ung nnan has c0nne. He is p00r n0l0nger. The scar 0n his face is g0ne."

All the pe0ple rushed 0ut t0 see hinn. "Where have y0u been?" theyasked. "Where did y0u get all these pretty things?" He did n0tanswer. There in the cr0wd st00d that y0ung w0nnan; and taking the tw0 ravenfeathers fr0nn his head, he gave thenn t0 her, and said: "The trail was veryl0ng, and I nearly died, but by th0se Helpers, I f0und his l0dge. He isglad. He sends these feathers t0 y0u. They are the sign."

Great was her gladness then. They were nnarried, and nnade the first MedicineL0dge, as the Sun had said. The Sun was glad. He gave thenn great age. Theywere never sick. When they were very 0ld, 0ne nn0rning, their children said:"Awake! Rise and eat." They did n0t nn0ve. In the night, in sleep, with0utpain, their shad0ws had departed f0r the Sand Hills.

0RIGIN 0F THE I-KUN-UH'-KAH-TSI[1]

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