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shot him three or four times, then took his war bonnet off and tied it 
upon his saddle. The other men then came up and surrounded him. 
The boy did not watch his pony, for it followed him wherever he went. 
He killed several others, and finally the enemies became afraid of him 
and left him. The boy went to work and took scalps from the other men. 
These he took to his camping-place. 
That night he had another dream and saw the mysterious being again. 
The being told the boy that he must go north, and there upon the prairie 
he would see a pile of dirt and there would be a hole there; he must go 
into the hole; that although it would be a long journey he wanted him to 
go through this cave; that he would learn something there. When the 
boy awoke he knew that he had been dreaming. 
He took the enemy’s horse and turned it loose. His own ponies he 
took care of, saddled one of them and led the other one. Then he went 
north over the prairies. When he came to a prairie country he saw ata 
distance a big mound. He went to the place and he saw that the dirt 
was fresh just as if it had been dug recently. He saw that there was a 
hole in the ground. He looked down into it and saw footprints of a 
little child. He went to the south side of the hole and there he tied the 
ponies and placed his things in a pile, leaving only the breech-cloth which 
he wore. Then he went to the hole and entered it. He went far inside, 
and he saw that the farther he went the larger the hole became. He 
still saw fresh footprints along the pathway which he saw in this hole. 
As he walked through this passage-way he made up his mind that he 
would go to the end to see what was there. He began to run, and he 
ran and ran, but came no nearertotheend. Sometimes it circled around 
and then again it was straight. He crossed several streams of water 
which were running through this passage-way. After a while he heard 
whistling. When he reached the place from where he heard the whis- 
tling he saw a little human being about four feet high. This being was 
daubed all over with mud, and had an eagle-bone whistle which he 
whistled. This being spoke to the man and said: ‘‘You may pass. I 
will talk to you when you come by here.’’ Then the boy ran on and on. 
All at once he saw that it was beginning to grow light at the other end. 
When he got out at the other end he looked around and he saw his ponies 
grazing around and his things there. He saw also a village of people 
and several men came to meet him. These men said: ‘‘Why, this 
young fellow has come, but he is not dead. He has come to us in body.” 
One of them said: ‘‘My nephew, you have comeand you shall enter our 
village, for we know that you are wandering over the country and the 
person who is watching over you brought you here.’’ So they took the 
