82 TRUE STORIES OF THE HEAVENLY BEINGS, 
take this sack with seeds in it and this hoe, made from the shoulder- 
blade of a buffalo. You shall plant these seeds, and whatever you raise 
in the fall always eat that. The dogs I turn loose; they may go where 
they wish. I will put on my leggings, moccasins, robe, and this lariat 
rope, made from buffalo hair, and I will go tothe landof the Sun. From 
this time forth I shall be known as a great warrior.’’ The old woman 
put her sack upon her back and went north. The boy, after putting his 
clothes on, put the lariat rope around his shoulders and went south. 
In the meantime the Buffalo sat down in a valley and had a great 
council. ‘‘The people will live and they will kill many Buffalo and eat 
of our meat. White-Star-on-Forehead, who is our chief, shall make his 
home in the north and shall stay there. Henceforth we shall scatter all 
over the country. In all things we were beaten by the boy. In smoking 
the boy beat us; so the people will do the smoking, and they will send us 
only whiffs of smoke. In drinking of the water from the pond, the boy 
was given horns to help him drink the water; so from this time the peo- 
ple shall make spoons from our horns, and eat with them. In the running 
of the race the boy beat us; so that the people will always beat us in run- 
ning and will kill us; and when the people are hungry we will seek fresh 
grass, so that they can find us. On hot days we will seek ponds to drink 
from, that the people may find us and kill us, so they can eat meat. 
When the people have multiplied, they will take pieces of buffalo robes 
and cut them up for the babies to lie on, so that the children will urinate 
upon our robes.’’ Thus by the boy overcoming the Buffalo the people 
were to kill Buffalo. White-Star-on-Forehead was killed; so were the 
Buffalo girls. They were given a place in the north, where the three 
were to stand as gods and to send buffalo to the people. The old woman 
went north. Her descendants all had seeds, while the boy’s descend- 
ants became warriors and never planted any seeds in the ground. 
19, THE WARRIOR AND THE BLACK LIGHTNING ARROW.* 
Many years ago several young men went on the war-path. They 
went into the western country, and for many moons they traveled 
until at last they became weary and discouraged, for they had gone to a 
mountainous country and there was no game or fruit to eat. They 
began to find fault with the leader of the war party, and to blame him 
for their misfortunes. At last he told them that if they would stay in 
1Told by Sun-Chief, a young chief of the Pawnee whose father was a prominent 
chief of the Skidi band. The story describes the origin of a warrior bundle, the 
chief part of which was a wonderful, so-called, black lightning arrow. The story 
especially teaches obedience to the heavenly gods. 
