ept askin' to
be told how the Gray Elk knew these things. An' the Gray Elk at last
took the Raven to the Great Bachelor Sycamore that lived alone, an' asked
the Raven if the Bachelor Sycamore was growing. An' the Raven said it
was. Then Gray Elk asked him how he knew it was growing. An' the Raven
said he didn't know. Then Gray Elk said he did not know how he knew
about _Sch-coo-dah_, the star that was bit. This made the Raven angry,
for he was very cur'ous; an' he thought the Gray Elk had two tongues.

"'Then it came the month of the first young grass an' Sublette was back
for furs. Also he brought many goods; an' he gave to the Raven more of
the powder of the whirlwind in a little box, At once the Raven made a
feast of ducks for the Gray Elk; an' he gave him of the whirlwind powder;
an' at once his teeth came together an' the Gray Elk was twisted till he
died.

"'Now no one knew that the Raven had the powder of the whirlwind, so they
could not tell why all these people were twisted and went to the Great
Spirit. But the Squaw-who-has-dreams saw that it was the Raven who
killed her husband, the Gray Elk, in a vision. Then the
Squaw-who-has-dreams went into the mountains four days an' talked with
_Moh-kwa_, the Bear who is the wisest of the beasts. The Bear said it
was the Raven who killed the Gray Elk an' told the Squaw-who-has-dreams
of the powder of the whirlwind.

"'Then the Bear an' the Squaw-who-has-dreams made a fire an' smoked an'
laid a plot. The Bear did not know where to find the powder of the
whirlwind which the Raven kept always in a secret place. But the Bear
told the Squaw-who-has-dreams that she should marry the Raven an' watch
until she found where the powder of the whirlwind was kept in its secret
place; an' then she was to give some to the Raven, an' he, too, would be
twisted an' die. There was a great danger, though; the Raven would,
after the one day when they were wedded, want to kill the
Squaw-who-has-dreams. So to protect her, the Bear told her she must
begin to tell the Raven the moment she was married to him the
Story-that-never-ends. Then, because the Raven was more cur'ous than
even he was cruel, he would put off an' put off giving the powder of the
whirlwind to the Squaw-who-has-dreams, hoping to hear the end of the
Story-that-never-ends. Meanwhile the Squaw-who-has-dreams was to watch
the Raven until she found the powder of the whirlwind in its secret place.

"'Then the wi