them form a circle around Unktomi's tent, and if he attempted to

escape to catch him and tie him to a tree, as he (the chief) had
determined to settle accounts with him for his treatment of White

Plume, and the deception employed in winning the chief's eldest
daughter. About midnight the guard noticed something crawling

along close to the ground, and seizing him found it was Unktomi
trying to make his escape before daylight, whereupon they tied him

to a tree. "Why do you treat me thus," cried Unktomi, "I was just
going out in search of medicine to rub on my arrows, so I can kill

the witches." "You will need medicine to rub on yourself when the
chief gets through with you," said the young man who had

discovered that Unktomi was impersonating White Plume.
In the morning the herald announced that the real White Plume had

arrived, and the chief desired the whole nation to witness his
marksmanship. Then came the cry: "The White Buffalo comes."

Taking his red arrow, White Plume stood ready. When the buffalo
got about opposite him, he let his arrow fly. The buffalo bounded

high in the air and came down with all four feet drawn together
under its body, the red arrow having passed clear through the

animal, piercing the buffalo's heart. A loud cheer went up from
the village.

"You shall use the hide for your bed," said the chief to White
Plume. Next came a cry, "the eagle, the eagle." From the north

came an enormous red eagle. So strong was he, that as he soared
through the air his wings made a humming sound as the rumble of

distant thunder. On he came, and just as he circled the tent of
the chief, White Plume bent his bow, with all his strength drew the

arrow back to the flint point, and sent the blue arrow on its
mission of death. So swiftly had the arrow passed through the

eagle's body that, thinking White Plume had missed, a great wail
went up from the crowd, but when they saw the eagle stop in his

flight, give a few flaps of his wings, and then fall with a heavy
thud into the center of the village, there was a greater cheer than

before. "The red eagle shall be used to decorate the seat of honor
in your tepee," said the chief to White Plume. Last came the white

rabbit. "Aim good, aim good, son-in-law," said the chief. "If you
kill him you will have his skin for a rug." Along came the white

rabbit, and White Plume sent his arrow in search of rabbit's heart,
which it found, and stopped Mr. Rabbit's tricks forever.

The chief then called all of the people together and before them
all took a hundred willows and broke them one at a time over

Unktomi's back. Then he turned him loose. Unktomi, being so
ashamed, ran off into the woods and hid in the deepest and darkest

corner he could find. This is why Unktomis (spiders) are always
found in dark corners, and anyone who is deceitful or untruthful is

called a descendant of the Unktomi tribe.
STORY OF PRETTY FEATHERED FOREHEAD

There was once a baby boy who came into the world with a small
cluster of different colored feathers grown fast to his forehead.

From this he derived his name, "Pretty Feathered Forehead." He was
a very pleasant boy as well as handsome, and he had the respect of

the whole tribe. When he had grown up to be a young man, he never,
like other young men, made love to any of the tribe's beauties.

Although they were madly in love with him, he never noticed any of
them. There were many handsome girls in the different camps, but

he passed them by.
One day he said: "Father, I am going on a visit to the Buffalo

nation." The father gave his consent, and away went the son. The
father and mother suspected the object of their son's visit to the

Buffalo nation, and forthwithcommenced preparing a fine reception
for their intended daughter-in-law. The mother sewed together ten

buffalo hides and painted the brave deeds of her husband on them.
This she made into a commodious tent, and had work bags and fine

robes and blankets put inside. This was to be the tent of their
son and daughter-in-law. In a few weeks the son returned, bringing

with him a beautiful Buffalo girl. The parents of the boy gave a
big feast in honor of the occasion, and the son and his wife lived

very happily together.
In the course of time a son came to the young couple, and the

father was very proud of his boy. When the boy became a year old,
the father said to his wife: "I am going for a visit to the Elk

nation." The mother was very sad, as she knew her husband was
going after another wife. He returned, bringing with him a very

beautiful elk girl. When the Buffalo woman saw the elk girl she
was very downcast and sad, but the husband said: "Don't be sad; she

will do all the heavy work for you."
They lived quite happily together for a long time. The Elk girl

also became the mother of a fine boy. The two boys had grown up
large enough to play around. One day the Elk woman was tanning

hides outside and the two boys were playing around near their
mothers, when all at once the buffalo boy ran across the robe,

leaving his tracks on the white robe which his step-mother had
nearly completed. This provoked the elk woman and she gave vent to

her feelings by scolding the boy: "You clumsy flat mouth, why
couldn't you run around my work, instead of across it?" The

buffalo cow standing in the door, heard every word that the elk
woman had said, and when she heard her son called flat mouth it

made her very angry, although she did not say a word to any one.
She hurriedly gathered some of her belongings and, calling her son,

she started off in a westerly direction.
The husband being absent on a huntingexpedition did not return

until late in the afternoon. Upon his return his oldest boy always
ran out to meet him, but this time as the boy did not put in an

appearance, the father feared that something had happened to the
boy. So hurriedly going to his tent he looked around, but failing

to see the boy or his mother, he asked his elk wife, where the boy
and his mother were. The elk wife answered: "She took her boy on

her back and started off in that direction," (pointing towards the
west). "How long has she been gone?" "Since early morning." The

husband hurriedly caught a fresh horse and, without eating
anything, rode off in the direction taken by his buffalo wife and

boy. Near dark he ascended a high hill and noticed a small tent
down in the valley. It was a long distance down to the tent, so it

was very late when he arrived there. He tethered his horse and
went into the tent and found the boy and his mother fast asleep.

Upon lying down beside them the boy awoke, and upon seeing his
father, motioned to him to go outside with him.

On going outside the boy told his father that it would be useless
for him to try and coax his mother to return, as she was too highly

insulted by the elk wife to ever return. Then the boy told about
what the elk wife had said and that she had called him flat mouth.

"My mother is determined to return to her people, but if you want
to follow us you may, and perhaps, after she has visited with her

relatives a little while, you may induce her to return with you.
In the morning we are going to start very early, and as the country

we will travel through is very hard soil, I will stamp my feet hard
so as to leave my tracks imprinted in the softest places, then you

will be able to follow the direction we will take."
The two went into the tent and were soon fast asleep. The father,

being very much fatigued, slept very soundly, and when he awoke the
sun was beating down upon him. The mother and boy were nowhere to

be seen. The tent had been taken down from over him so carefully
that he had not been awakened. Getting his horse, he mounted and

rode after the two who had left him sleeping. He had no trouble in
following the trail, as the boy had stamped his feet hard and left

his little tracks in the soft places.
That evening he spied the little tent again and on getting to it

found them both asleep. The boy awoke and motioned for his father
to go outside. He again told his father that the next day's travel

would be the hardest of all. "We will cross a great plain,
but before we get there we will cross a sandy hollow. When you get

to the hollow, look at my tracks; they will be deep into the sand,
and in each track you will see little pools of water. Drink as

much as you can, as this is the only chance you will get to have a
drink, there being no water from there to the big ridge, and it

will be dark by the time you get to the ridge. The relations of my
mother live at that ridge and I will come and talk to you once

more, before I leave you to join my mother's people."
Next morning, as before, he awoke to find himself alone. They had

left him and proceeded on their journey. He mounted again and when
he arrived at the sandy hollow, sure enough, there, deep in the

sand, were the tracks of his son filled to the top with water. He
drank and drank until he had drained the last one. Then he arose

and continued on the trail, and near sundown he came in sight of
their little tent away up on the side of the ridge. His horse

suddenly staggered and fell forward dead, having died of thirst.
From there he proceeded on foot. When he got to where the tent

stood he entered, only to find it empty. "I guess my son intends
to come here and have his last talk with me," thought the father.

He had eaten nothing for three days, and was nearly famished. He
lay down, but the pangs of hunger kept sleep away. He heard

footsteps outside and lay in readiness, thinking it might be an
enemy. Slowly opening the covering of the door, his son looked in

and seeing his father lying awake, drew back and ran off up the
ridge, but soon returned bringing a small parcel with him. When he

entered he gave the parcel to his father and said: "Eat, father; I
stole this food for you, so I could not get very much." The father

soon ate what his son had brought. When he had finished, the son
said: "Tomorrow morning the relatives of my mother will come over

here and take you down to the village. My mother has three sisters
who have their work bags made identically the same as mother's.

Were they to mix them up they could not each pick out her own
without looking inside so as to identify them by what they have in

them. You will be asked to pick out mother's work bag, and if you
fail they will trample you to death. Next they will tell you to

pick out my mother from among her sisters, and you will be unable
to distinguish her from the other three, and if you fail they will

bury you alive. The last they will try you on, in case you meet
the first and second tests successfully, will be to require you to

pick me out from my three cousins, who are as much like me as my
reflection in the water. The bags you can tell by a little pebble

I will place on my mother's. You can pick my mother out by a small
piece of grass which I will put in her hair,

and you can pick me out from my cousins, for when we commence to
dance, I will shake my head, flop my ears and switch my tail. You

must choose quickly, as they will be very angry at your success,
and if you lose any time they will make the excuse that you did not

know, that they may have an excuse to trample you to death."
The boy then left, after admonishing his father to remember all

that he had told him. Early next morning the father heard a great
rumbling noise, and going outside, he saw the whole hillside

covered with buffalo. When he appeared they set up a loud
bellowing and circled around him. One old bull came up and giving

a loud snort, passed on by, looking back every few steps. The man,
thinking he was to follow this one, did so, and the whole herd,

forming a half circle around him, escorted him down the west side
of the range out on to a large plain, where there stood a lone

tree. To this tree the old bull led him and stopped when he
reached the tree. A large rock at the foot of the tree served as

a seat for the man. As soon as he was seated there came four
female buffaloes, each bearing a large work box. They set the

boxes down in a row in front of the man, and the herd crowded
around closer in order to get a good view. The old bull came to

the front and stood close to the bags, which had been taken out of
the four boxes.

The man stood up, and looking at the bags, noticed a small pebble
resting on the one next to the left end. Stepping over he pulled

the bag towards him and secretly pushed the little pebble off the
bag, so that no one would notice it. When they saw that he had

selected the right one, they set up a terrific bellow.
Then came the four sisters and stood in a line before the man.

• circle [´sə:kəl] n.圆圈 v.环绕；盘旋 (初中英语单词)
• treatment [´tri:tmənt] n.待遇；对待；治疗 (初中英语单词)
• midnight [´midnait] n.午夜；漆黑 (初中英语单词)
• daylight [´deilait] n.日光；黎明 (初中英语单词)
• witness [´witnis] n.见证人 vt.目击 (初中英语单词)
• enormous [i´nɔ:məs] a.巨大地，很，极 (初中英语单词)
• thunder [´θʌndə] n.雷 vi.打雷 vt.吼出 (初中英语单词)
• swiftly [´swiftli] ad.迅速地，敏捷地 (初中英语单词)
• decorate [´dekəreit] vt.装饰；装修(房屋等) (初中英语单词)
• feathered [´feðəd] a.有羽毛的；羽状的 (初中英语单词)
• standing [´stændiŋ] n.持续 a.直立的 (初中英语单词)
• absent [´æbsənt, əb´sent] a.不在的 vt.使缺席 (初中英语单词)
• expedition [,ekspi´diʃən] n.远征；探险；迅速 (初中英语单词)
• valley [´væli] n.谷；河谷；流域 (初中英语单词)
• sleeping [´sli:piŋ] n.&a.睡着(的) (初中英语单词)
• hunger [´hʌŋgə] n.饥饿；渴望 (初中英语单词)
• opening [´əupəniŋ] n.开放；开端 a.开始的 (初中英语单词)
• parcel [´pɑ:sl] n.包裹；一批 vt.区分 (初中英语单词)
• identify [ai´dentifai] vt.认出；鉴定；验明 (初中英语单词)
• distinguish [di´stiŋgwiʃ] v.区分；识别；立功 (初中英语单词)
• commence [kə´mens] vt.&vi.开始 (初中英语单词)
• herald [´herəld] n.先驱；预兆 vt.预示 (高中英语单词)
• buffalo [´bʌfələu] n.水牛；野牛 (高中英语单词)
• rumble [´rʌmbəl] v.(使)隆隆响 n.隆隆声 (高中英语单词)
• descendant [di´sendənt] n.子孙，后裔 (高中英语单词)
• forthwith [fɔ:θ´wið] ad.立刻 (高中英语单词)
• clumsy [´klʌmzi] a.笨拙的；粗俗的 (高中英语单词)
• seeing [si:iŋ] see的现在分词 n.视觉 (高中英语单词)
• nowhere [´nəuweə] n.无处；不知道 (高中英语单词)
• trample [´træmpəl] v.&n.践踏；蹂躏；踩坏 (高中英语单词)
• successfully [sək´sesfəli] ad.成功地 (高中英语单词)
• switch [switʃ] n.开关 v.转换 (高中英语单词)
• bearing [´beəriŋ] n.举止；忍耐；关系 (高中英语单词)
• secretly [´si:kritli] ad.秘密地；隐蔽地 (高中英语单词)
• pebble [´pebəl] n.卵石 v.(用卵石)铺 (高中英语单词)
• terrific [tə´rifik] a.可怕的；极大的 (高中英语单词)
• winning [´winiŋ] n.&a.胜利(的) (英语四级单词)
• whereupon [,weərə´pɔn] ad.在什么上面；因此 (英语四级单词)
• hurriedly [´hʌridli] ad.仓促地，忙乱地 (英语四级单词)
• belongings [bi´lɔŋiŋz] n.所有物；行李 (英语四级单词)
• readiness [´redinis] n.准备就绪；愿意 (英语四级单词)
• deception [di´sepʃən] n.欺骗，诈骗；骗术 (英语六级单词)
• piercing [´piəsiŋ] a.刺(贯)穿的；尖刻的 (英语六级单词)
• deceitful [di´si:tful] a.欺骗的，骗人的 (英语六级单词)
• downcast [´daunkɑ:st] a.沮丧的；向下看的 (英语六级单词)
• calling [´kɔ:liŋ] n.点名；职业；欲望 (英语六级单词)
• hunting [´hʌntiŋ] n.打猎 (英语六级单词)
• beating [´bi:tiŋ] n.敲；搅打；失败 (英语六级单词)
• sundown [´sʌndaun] n.日落 (英语六级单词)