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We camped for a time beside a creek, and as we came near the "Queen's Land" we 

 camped a^ain. There the father and mother of the boy met us. They had heard 

 the news from the other members of the party and started at once to meet us. After 

 we had given the boy to his parents we went on with the horses, leaving them to 

 travel more slowly. It was dark when we reached home, and we fired our guns to let 

 the people know of our coming. The next day the boy arrived. For two days and 

 nights I stayed with liim constantly. I did this because I felt myself to be the cause 

 of his misfortune. The boy had come to call me " father," and at the end of this time 

 he said, " Father, you can go home now to your own lodge." I went to my own lodge 

 and slept that night. The next morning the boy died. He is always spoken of as 

 Wana^gli ya'ku, 'Brings the arrow,' because he brought home the arrow in his body. 



I did not keep any of the horses for myself, because I was the leader of the war 

 party. 



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Fig. .3-1. lucident in the life of Old Bull'alo (drawing by him-sell). 



Another expedition was described by Old Buffalo and illustrated 

 by a drawing (fig. 34). Concerning this expedition he said: 



A large number of Sioux were once moving camp, and five men left the party to 

 steal horses. They were successful, and brought back 30 horses. The enemy were 

 also moving camp. I made up my mind that I would go and see if I could get some 

 horses, too. So I sent for a young man and talked with him about it. Then I said, 

 "We will go;" and he replied, " I will go with you." One man asked to go with us, 

 making three in the party. I said, "We will start without telling anyone and travel 

 in the creek, so they will not know how we went." The one whom I in^■ited gave up 

 going at the last moment, but the man who had volunteered to go left camp with me 

 while everyone was asleep. 



On our expedition we sang tliia song, hoping that we would ca])ture many hoi"ses: 



