388 THE ORIGIN OF MEDICINE CEREMONIES OR POWER. 
The people in the village saw the smoke. Soon they saw the war- 
riors coming over the hills on ponies and singing their victory songs, and 
they knew that it was the war party which had gone out. When the 
warriors were in their lodges, they told of Wolf’s-Man’s wonderful 
endurance in walking. After that when a leader wanted to go on the 
war-path he invited Wolf-Man. Wolf-Man was always ready to go. 
He was the leader of scouts. The war party always came back successful, 
for they had Wolf-Man with them. 
Among the warriors was a famous leader who determined to go on 
the war-path. He sent for only the best men in the tribe, and Wolf-Man 
was among them. This party of warriors started out for the Mexican 
country, for in that country they could capture mules and fine ponies. 
Before starting, Wolf-Man had a wolf robe made. He also had moccasins 
made from wolf hide. The nose and scalp of the wolf he wore on his scalp- 
lock all the time, and he wore the wolf robe and his wolf moccasins. 
When the company had gone far south into the enemy’s country, the 
leader found two men who seemed never to grow tired, and yet they 
traveled farther every day than the others. They soon were recognized 
as leaders of all the scouts. They were sent out in different directions 
one day, and when they were far away from the others they met. There 
were no enemies in sight. They could see no sign, and so they started 
back to the place where the leaders were with the other men. As they 
journeyed, both seemed to be equal inendurance. Wolf-Man’s companion 
said: ‘‘How do you travel so fast? You must possess some power.”’ 
‘Well,’ said Wolf-Man, ‘‘I will let you know. See mymoccasins? They 
are made of wolf hide. I wear them on my journey; when I near the 
camp, I take them off. I also use this dust in my buckskin sack. Take 
some and snuff it up into your nostrils.’’ The other man took the dust 
and snuffed it. The tired feeling wore off and he felt like walking a 
long distance. They went on for many miles, and then Wolf-Man said 
to the other man: ‘‘Have you no guardian nor helper? I have told 
you my secret, now tell me yours.’’ The man reached for his scalp-lock 
and took from it a small root. This he broke and gave to Wolf-Man, 
and said, ‘‘Chew; swallow.’ Wolf-Man took the root, chewed it, and 
swallowed the juice. He felt as though it were morning and he had not 
been traveling all day. As he swallowed the juice from the root he felt 
relieved from hunger, for the root tasted like fat. Wolf-Man said, ‘‘ This is 
wonderful; who or what animal gave you this root?’”’ The man answered 
and said: ‘‘This root I got from a Horse; the Horse did not speak to 
me, but I had a dream, and the Horse told me in my dream that I must 
go with him and he would show me the Horses’ root. I followed the 
