THE WOLF-WARRIOR. 387 
party, so Wolf-Man was not so prominent. When they reached the 
enemy’s country he made up his mind that he would scout on ahead. 
Every morning when the war party began to journey, Wolf-Man would 
remain behind. In the evening he would be the last to come to camp, 
and he would tell of all he saw farther south, where the other scouts had 
failed to go. Most of the warriors did not believe him. 
One day he stayed behind, but when he did travel he went far beyond 
the others. He turned back, and on his way the other scouts saw him. 
They were surprised, for these scouts had started out before anyone. 
Wolf-Man went to where the main company had made the camp. The 
two scouts reported carefully all they had seen and they also told that 
they had seen Wolf-Man coming from a long distance in advance of them 
and that he had a report to make. Wolf-Man then told how he walked 
and passed the other scouts and how he had gone a long way from the 
scouts. There were no signs of any enemy, so Wolf-Man recommended 
- that they go southeast to the land of the Osage. The two leaders were 
glad to hear the man speak. The next morning, before daylight, he was 
told to scout on ahead. The man went out, and before daylight he was 
back, for he had seen Cheyenne and Arapaho breaking camp. 
The company hid until noon; then they came out from their hiding 
place and followed the trail. The trail was plain. They could see the 
enemy making camp. ‘They could also see where they were taking their 
ponies. After night scouts were sent to capture the ponies. Wolf-Man 
was one of the six scouts selected. He went with the men, but finally 
went away from them to the place where the leader was, with the other 
young men. As he drove the ponies up, the leader came and met him. 
** All these ponies I give you,”’ said Wolf-Man. The leader thanked him 
and said, ‘‘This day you shall be known among our great warriors as the 
Man-Who-Has-No-Leader.’’ Wolf-Man went back to camp and found 
more ponies, brought them to the leader, and again he gave them all to 
him. The young men surrounded the herd of ponies. Each man had 
his lariat rope trying to rope a pony. Everybody was told to catch his 
pony and to drive the herd. Most of the men caught ponies and got on 
them. While the men were riding and driving the ponies they saw 
Wolf-Man walking, sometimes running, and he did not seem to get tired. 
The leader, when he divided the ponies, let Wolf-Man take his choice of 
all. Wolf-Man took one pony. The leader divided the ponies so that 
even the young men who for the first time had gone on the war-path 
received a pony, and every one of the warriors had a pony. As they 
neared the village the leader started a prairie fire and made the ee 
men take the burnt grass and paint their faces black. 
