96 TRUE STORIES OF THE HEAVENLY BEINGS. 
Every day he was out where they played. In the evening he came 
home and entered his father’s lodge. He gambled away everything he 
had. The boy gambled away buffalo robes, leggings, moccasins, and 
other things, so that he now had nothing. Ponies at this time were 
not known. In the night when he lay down he had only half a buffalo 
robe to cover himself with. 
One day he went out to the gaming grounds and he lost many things, 
among them trinkets belonging to his sister and also her robe. The sis- 
ter gladly gave them up. When night came the sister and brother had 
to lie together and over them was spread the half buffalo robe which the 
boy had not gambled away. When the morning came the father arose, 
and as he walked by the bed, he saw that the young man was sleeping 
with his sister and had only a half robe over them. He became very sad. 
He went out. When he returned to the lodge he became angry. He 
went to the bed, took the covering from the boy, woke him, and said: 
‘“My son, it looks very bad for you and your sister to lie together, and to 
have only this half of a buffalo robe over you. Get up, go to the gaming 
grounds, lose everything we have. When you have lost everything, 
then go away to some other place and never return.”’ The young man 
jumped up and tried to cry. The sister caught him and said: ‘My 
brother, do not cry. What my father has said is true. Heis angry with 
you because you have lost all my things. Some day I may get them 
back. Now, do not cry and do not go away from us.”’ 
The young man did not say anything. He did not go to the gaming 
grounds, but sat inside of the lodge all day. As night came he went to 
his sister and said: ‘‘My sister, fold up some dried meat and make itinto 
a bundle. Tie several moccasins upon it, for I am about to start on a 
journey to a place I do not know. Take some arrows from my father’s 
quiver and put them in my quiver. I shall now go.’”’ The girl said: 
‘‘My brother, you must not go yet. Let me go to our uncles and see if 
I cannot get several bear moccasins and a robe for you.”” She went and 
after a while returned with a buffalo robe, leggings, and several pairs of 
moccasins. The boy was glad. He put on the leggings and moccasins 
and with his bundle and quiver started west. 
For several days he traveled without seeing any human being. At 
last he came to a village. When he entered he asked where the tipi of 
the chief was,and they showed him. The boy entered, and when he sat 
down the chief asked him where he was going. He said: ‘‘I am going 
west. Are there any more people in the west?” The chief said, ‘‘You 
will travel so many days and you will find more people.” The boy 
started again and in a few days he came to another village. Here he was 
