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each old man had made a speech, all the men were ordered to go 

 out and stand abreast in a row, to run a race. One of the men called 

 out the name of the Wolf society, and they all ran at full speed. 

 When the warriors returned from the race the four old men entered 

 the lodge and said to Owl-Man, "Arise and go on your way. In one 

 and a half days you will reach your people. We have blessed you, 

 and now, in addition to what we have shown to you, go and teach 

 your people to be brave. Take this medicine; it is to be put upon 

 your warriors before they go on the warpath or dance. When they 

 go outside in the open air to dance they are not to stop dancing till 

 some old warrior with experience in several battles comes before 

 them and tells his exploits, the same as we have done. Then you 

 are at liberty to dismiss the dancers." Then the four old men 

 started out, and when they were outside the lodge they disappeared 

 instantly and left Owl-Man sitting out on the prairie, amidst 

 the four old men who had stepped out of the lodge. There were 

 now four real wolves running from Owl-Man, who arose and went on 

 until he found the Cheyenne village. 



As Owl-Man came to his village all the people came to see him, 

 and to inquire how he came through the snowstorm. He told v/hat 

 had happened. On the first clear day they camped in the form of 

 a circle, and Owl-Man had his lodge erected in the middle of the 

 camp. He went to the lodge and had the ground inside made as 

 smooth as was that of the Wolf-men's lodge that he had visited. 

 After the lodge was erected he called for young men to come and 

 join his society. He performed the ceremony exactly as he had been 

 instructed by the Wolf-men. 



Any warrior in the tribe not already a member of one of the five 

 sacred warrior societies may join the Wolf society. When going 

 to war, or when about to dance, they put upon their bodies the med- 

 icine given to them by the original Wolf-men through Owl-Man. 

 This medicine is still used in the society. When dancing, the warriors 

 hold their spears and stand erect. They jump up and down very 

 heavily, and rather slowly. See Plate XI. Fig. 2. This society 

 alone, of all the warrior societies, dances with guns, and they 

 shoot blank cartridges. The presence of the guns in the dance in- 

 dicates that the society was organized after the advent of the 

 white man with his powder and gun. Some of the brave men 

 ride their ponies, while other warriors are dancing on their feet. 



