earth. By
this method the Indians used to keep provisions all summer, and when
fall came they would return to their cache, and on opening it would find
everything as fresh as the day they were placed there.

The old hermit was also thanked as the discoverer of corn, which had
never been known to the Indians until discovered by the old hermit.

*Hiding place.

THE MYSTERIOUS BUTTE

A young man was once hunting and came to a steep hill. The east side
of the hill suddenly dropped off to a very steep bank. He stood on
this bank, and at the base he noticed a small opening. On going down to
examine it more closely, he found it was large enough to admit a horse
or buffalo. On either side of the door were figures of different animals
engraved into the wall.

He entered the opening and there, scattered about on the floor, lay many
bracelets, pipes and many other things of ornament, as though they had
been offerings to some great spirit. He passed through this first room
and on entering the second it was so dark that he could not see his
hands before his face, so becoming scared, he hurriedly left the place,
and returning home told what he had seen.

Upon hearing this the chief selected four of his most daring warriors to
go with this young man and investigate and ascertain whether the young
man was telling the truth or not. The five proceeded to the butte, and
at the entrance the young man refused to go inside, as the figures on
either side of the entrance had been changed.

The four entered and seeing that all in the first chamber was as the
young man had told, they went on to the next chamber and found it so
dark that they could not see anything. They continued on, however,
feeling their way along the walls. They finally found an entrance that
was so narrow that they had to squeeze into it sideways. They felt their
way around the walls and found another entrance, so low down that
they had to crawl on their hands and knees to go through into the next
chamber.

On entering the last chamber they found a very sweet odor coming from
the opposite direction. Feeling around and crawling on their hands and
knees, they discovered a hole in the floor leading downward. From this
hole came up the sweet odor. They hurriedly held a council, and decided
to go no further, but return to the camp and report what they had found.
On getting to the first chamber one of the young men said: "I am going
to take these bracelets to s