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eagle feathers. He told his mother to go and get for him tobacco, sweet 
grass, a black lariat rope, brown eagle feathers, and paint. The boy told 
her to go to her brothers and get these things. His father and mother 
both came into the village with the things the boy wanted. When the 
boy received the presents, he told his father and mother that he was to 
go away fora short time, and would return in a few days. The boy 
carried the presents out to the Horse. The Horse circled around him 
and hit him with his tail, to give him speed. The boy and the Horse 
_ started back to the lodge of the Buffalo, and before daylight they arrived 
and were taken into the lodge. 
The Buffalo and the Horse put the feathers upon their heads. The 
Horse gave the boy a spear, a shield, and a black lariat rope. The Buffalo 
gave him buffalo wool and some mud and told him touse it upon his body 
in battles. The boy was taken out of the lodge again. He went home. 
The first chance he got he called upon a certain poor boy that had 
been his friend when he had fallen into disfavor with all the village. He 
took this boy and they went upon the war-path alone. In a few days 
they found a village and the two captured many ponies. Among the 
ponies were three that were very fine—one black, one dun, and one gray. 
When they came near the village the boy kept the black and the dun 
ponies, and the gray he gave to his friend. 
Several times the two young men went out, and each time they were 
successful and captured ponies and brought them home. Other war- 
riors sneaked around to find when these young men were going out, for 
they went out secretly. The boy became a great warrior. When the 
village was attacked by the enemy, the young man sat in his lodge and 
told stories in an unconcerned way. When he thought it was time to go 
out to help his people, he took the dun horse, put the paint upon it, put 
the paint upon his body, and took the shield and the black lariat rope and 
spear. He placed the black lariat rope about his waist and jumped upon 
_ the dun horse and went out to battle. He rode between the foes and all 
the time waved his spear while the enemy were shooting at him. Again 
he passed through the lines and shook the spear at the enemy, and when 
he saw that they were frightened he commanded all his people to attack. 
When his people made a rush at the enemy, they gave way and his peo- 
ple slaughtered many of them. His father saw all of these things that 
he had done and was well pleased. He spoke to him and told him that 
he must marry. There was another chief who had only two children, 
a boy and a girl. To their place the boy was sent to marry the girl. 
They were married, and in a few years they had children, and the boy 
became chief of the tribe. 
