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when I come up I see you sitting there. My son, you will be a great man and a 

 leader of your people." 



One day Wolf Chief learned of the affair between Two Tails and the young 

 woman. He became very angry but he did not let on how he felt to anyone. 

 Instead, he organized a war party and went out against the Sioux. He stole 

 horses and camped near Hidatsa village until morning. They painted and came 

 into the village at daybreak, driving the horses stolen from the Sioux. Wolf 

 Chief drove the horses directly to Two Tails' lodge and called, "Two Tails, come 

 out and see what I brought. You go out and do the same thing right away." 



Two Tails knew that the people would call him a coward if he did not go out, 

 for everyone had heard of his affair with Wolf Chief's wife. The people knew 

 that Wolf Chief was taking his anger out on the Sioux. Two Tails organized a 

 war party and brought back both horses and scalps. His party went directly 

 to Wolf Chief's lodge. Two Tails called, "Wolf Chief, come out and see what I 

 brought back. You go out and bring in only horses; I bring horses and scalps. 

 You go out right away; we will keep this up until the snow comes." 



Wolf Chief went out again and brought in horses. Then Two Tails went out, 

 killed the occupants of an isolated tipi and brought back scalps and horses. He 

 stopped at Wolf Chief's lodge and called, "See what I brought. You get only 

 horses; I get both horses and scalps. My father, the Sun, asked me to do this 

 but I like gambling better. You have hurt my feelings so you go right out again. 

 If you lose one of your men, we will make war right here." 



Then he returned to his sister's lodge and gave her the horses. The 10 men 

 ruling the three villages ^^ met to devise a plan to prevent bloodshed in the tribe 

 They decided to take the pipe to Two Tails and ask him to make peace. They 

 selected a man of Two Tails' clan to carry the pipe. They found Two Tails at the 

 head of the lodge with the scalps on sticks. When they put the pipe before him, 

 he asked the meaning of it and his clansman said, "We want you to stop going 

 on the warpath. It might bring trouble. We want you to smoke the pipe." 



Two Tails said, "If I light it, my brother. Wolf Chief, will say that I am afraid 

 and want to quit. Wolf Chief started this because he learned I was with his 

 wife who likes me and sends for me. I did not want to insult her so I went out 

 with her. Now it seems he wants to get even with me. Take the pipe to him 

 and explain these things to him. If he takes the pipe, then you can bring it to me 

 and I will smoke it. This trouble wUl then be settled." 



The council picked a man of Wolf Chief's clan to carry the pipe and they 

 went to the other man. When they went in, Wolf Chief inquired what it meant 

 and the clan brother said, "We fear that there might be trouble, for this rivalry 

 has gone too far. Two Tails says that you did this because he visits your wife 

 and that it is all because of your jealousy. We 10 head men have looked into this. 

 You must discontinue this contest or there might be trouble." 



Wolf Chief repUed, "It is not so; I do not care what he does to my wife; I am 

 not jealous. I wanted him to do something for the people — be brave and do 

 things like I do for the people. You men did right coming to me, for now you 

 know I only wanted to make him a brave man." Wolf Chief lit the pipe and 

 when he had finished smoking, the men went back to Two Tails. 



They told him what Wolf Chief had said and added, "We know that Wolf 

 Chief is a great leader and is brave. Now you have exceeded his war record. 

 We now have seen what you can do. You are braver than Wolf Chief," So 

 Two Tails built up his reputation and was a leader after that, but he no longer 

 bothered Wolf Chief's young wife. 



2< Bears Arm refers here to an intervlllage council that was Instituted shortly before to handle problems 

 concerning relationships between villages. 



