84 TRUE STORIES OF THE HEAVENLY BEINGS. 
piece of the buffalo lariat rope and tied it upon the arrow, and then he 
placed the arrow upon his breast and tied the rope behind his neck so that 
the arrow hung from it upon his breast. 
The young men then started again upon their journey, and trav- 
eled west until the night overtook them; then they made camp. The 
leader of the war party, the man with the arrow about his neck, had a 
dream during the night. He saw aman. The man had a buffalo robe 
around him and upon his face were streaks of white clay. Upon his legs 
were leggings with scalps hanging from the sides and also eagle feathers. 
This being told the young man that he was the god of all the warriors, 
and that he had given him the arrow so that he should always keep it 
with him, for it would bring him success. He also told the young man 
to go to the south side of the mountains and there he would find the 
villages of the enemies. The next morning after they had eaten he 
told the warriors that they were to travel towards the south. They 
traveled south but a few days when they came to a village of Comanches. 
The young man then selected scouts to look over the ground and see 
where their ponies were placed. In the night the scouts returned and 
told their leader where the ponies were. Other men were then selected 
to go and capture the ponies. The men brought in many ponies, and 
the leader told all the warriors to get on the ponies at once and make 
a run for home. 
It was night and they had only the north star to guide them, but 
they got out of the enemy’s country safely. They traveled for many 
days and nights, and at last when they came into their own country they 
stopped and rested. The next day the leader of the party went up to 
one pony, cut some hair from the mane and tail, and strung it on a pole. 
This pole he placed on a high hill, and while he was on the hill he said 
to the god who gave him this arrow, ‘‘I am making you this offering 
of horse hair.”’ He placed the stick in the ground and went down to 
the camp. The ponies were then divided among the warriors, and they 
went to their village singing their war-songs and giving the war-whoops. 
The people in the village arose and went out to meet the warriors. They 
told all that they had done, and of the wonderful arrow that the gods 
had given to the young leader. 
The people waited a long time to see what the young man would 
do. They were anxious to see the wonderful arrow. At last it was 
told through the village that the young man with the wonderful 
arrow was about to go out upon the war-path. Many people went, even 
the old people, for they were anxious to see the arrow. When they had 
been gone three days and three nights from the village they made their 
