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and found his father sitting there. The boy said: “‘Father, the poor 
boy is possessed of wonderful animal powers. I am glad that when he 
was poor I was his friend, for now I shall try to learn the mysteries that 
he knows.” The old chief spoke up and said: ‘‘Nawa iri (itis good); I 
am glad to hear the words you have spoken. Take your robe, your 
pony, and your things, and make your home with the poor boy. Let 
him teach you all these things; then I shall know that you are learning. 
Visit us once in a while, so that we may know that all is well with you.” 
The boy went back to the lodge of the poor boy and said: ‘‘I have come 
to stay with you, my brother. My pony may stay with your ponies. I 
shall look after the ponies, and we can be together always. My father 
wishes us to visit him sometimes at night, but he wants me to be with 
you all the time.’’ The boys remained together in the poor boy’s lodge, 
and the poor boy would sing the Bear songs which had been taught him. 
For a long time they were together. 
Once the village was attacked by the enemy. The people went out 
to fight, but the poor boy stayed in his lodge, untied his bundle, put the 
bear claw about his neck and the feather upon his head, and painted 
his body with red paint, making two black streaks downwards from his 
eyes. Then he took only a few arrows and a bow and went out. The 
chief’s boy watched him. The poor boy attacked the enemy and he 
killed aman. He went from there close to the line on the enemy’s side, 
and they were shooting at him, but the arrows and bullets seemed to 
drop off from his body. He attacked another enemy and killed him. 
Then the enemy’s line was broken. They came home with many scalps 
and the whole village was in an uproar, singing and dancing victory 
songs in honor of the poor boy. 
In the battle, as the poor boy attacked the enemy, the chief’s boy 
watched the battle and saw the poor boy rush in the midst of the enemy 
and kill them, and he was thankful that the poor boy was his friend; 
and in his heart he said: ‘‘My friend is a brave man. Howl] wish that I 
had the courage that he has; but then he has told me that I must not kill 
and so I must be satisfied.’” The people talked about the young man and 
asked him to enter their Bear dance ceremony, for all the people recog- 
nized the fact that he possessed wonderful powers. The boy joined in 
the Bear dance and was finally made leader of the Bear dance ceremonies. 
As the poor boy grew to be aman, so did the chief’s boy. The chief’s boy 
kept begging the poor boy to take pity upon him and give him the same 
powers that he possessed; but the poor boy said: ‘‘No, I can not.” 
Winter came, and the people began to talk about going on the buffalo 
hunt. The poor boy and the chief’s boy got ready to go with the hunt- 
