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part of those who were easily deceived, but most of the people understood the trick. 

 The war party came immediately after, so the people were not left long in uncertainty. 



On the expedition of which I have told you my brother-in-law was the one to make 

 the report, and he said, " Eaele Shield was the very first one killed." 



I suspected that he would do this, so I said to my companions, "Hurry, before my 

 friends harm themselves with fi;rief." So we fired guns, whipped up our horses, and 

 came da.^hing into the village with not even one man wounded, and driving before us a 

 fine herd of cajjtured horses. 



Eagle Shield said that on one of his war expeditions he and his 

 companions were five days without food, except a few roots which 

 they gathered. He said, further, ''We were all so very sleeky J' 

 Wlien they secured food they ate only a little at a time, and even that 

 caused them great distress. 



The singer of the following group of songs is Wi'yaka-war)zi'la 

 (One Feather), plate 57, well kno\\Ti as one of the old warriors of 

 the Standing Kock Reservation. He was 57 years old when giving 

 these songs in 1913. On the warpath in the old days he wore on his 

 head the skin of a wolf (pi. 58). Attention is called to the upright 

 feathers on the head of the wolf, which were said to resemble the 

 ears of the animal. A man lying in the grass on a rise of ground 

 could lift his head to spy the enemy, and the feathers would look 

 like the ears of a prowling wolf. The quills are very light, and the 

 feathers tremble with every motion of the wearer. 



The narrative concerning the first song of the group is as follows: 

 Wlien One Feather was 18 years of age he went with a war part}'- 

 against the Crows. It was winter, and they traveled as far as the 

 Rocky Mountains. There were 22 Sioux in the party, three of 

 whom were sent in advance as scouts. He was one of these scouts, 

 and when coming near the Crow country, he saw a Crow butchering 

 a buffalo. Pursuing the man, he killed him close to the Crow camp. 

 One Feather said that he sang the following song as he ran back 

 to his comrades after killing the Crow. It was said to be a dancing 

 song of the Miwa'tani society. (See p. 326.) 



