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him what they were good for. The Dog then said: ‘‘You must dance 
the Dog dance, and when you are having the Dog dance, whisper to me 
and I will listen to you.’’ The Dog continued: ‘I have also given you 
a pony. This pony you shall capture when you have gone on the war- 
path. You will know it, for it shall have the picture of a star upon its 
forehead. It shall be a wonderful pony, for it shall not be a real pony, 
but myself. Go home to your people and dance, and at once start upon 
the war-path. Carry the things which I have given you. I will make 
my home upon these hills and when you have returned come to this place.’”’ 
The boy went home, and in the evening he called several young men 
to sit with him in the lodge and smoke. While they were smoking he 
said: ‘“‘Brothers, I] want you to go on the war-path with me. How 
many of you will go with me?” All the young men who were in the 
lodge said that they would go. The war party started out before morn- 
ing, and were far away from the village when it became daylight. For 
several days they went south, and at last they came upon a village of the 
enemy. The young man selected several scouts to go into the village 
and to drive the ponies from the village when they found them. The 
ponies were brought, but the young man did not see one with a star on 
its forehead, and so he was dissatisfied and started into the village himself. 
On the way he saw a pony tied close to the entrance of a tipi. When he 
saw the pony and saw the white spot upon its forehead he knew that 
it was the pony that the Dog had promised him. Instead of reaching 
down to untie him from the post, he took his knife out from the scabbard, 
cut the rope, and led the pony out from the camp. When he had reached 
the place where the young men were, they traveled towards home. For 
several days and nights they traveled without sleep. At last they 
stopped to rest and sleep.’ When they had had a little rest they began 
to journey again and they went into their village. The boy gave all the 
ponies that he had away except the one with the white spot. When 
the boy had eaten and rested a little, he jumped upon his pony and went 
to the place where the Dog was. The boy found the Dog at the place 
where he had left him. The Dog told the boy that he had the pony 
which he had promised him, and said: ‘‘In a few days your people will 
have a medicine ceremony, and you must go into the lodge and dance 
with them.’’ The boy returned to the village, and while he was there 
it was noised through the village that the people were going to have the 
Medicine-Men’s ceremony. The boy went into the lodge and asked 
that he be permitted to dance. The medicine-men gave him a seat, and 
when his turn came to dance, he sang a song which the people had never 
heard before. The boy was painted with red ointment all over his 
