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19. THE WARRIOR AND THE BLACK LIGHTNING ARROW. 
Young manonwar-path travels west to mountainous country and suffers hunger. 
Leader, being blamed for their misfortune, ascends hill to pray. While he is absent 
warriors are successful. On fourth night, man praying, facing west, is enveloped in 
storm, accompanied by lightning and thunder, during which he falls into trance. 
On awakening in morning he finds on his breast small black arrow with flint point 
and stone shaft. He rejoins other warriors, explains his experience, offers smoke to 
gods and to his arrow, promising thatif he neglectsarrowitmay return, and he fastens 
arrow on necklace over his breast. They resume their journey, and next night leader 
in vision is visited by protector of warriors, who tells him where they may find 
enemy’s camp. They advance, capture ponies, and escape; leader returning home 
offers on way horse hair to his protector. Again they set out on war-path. Encoun- 
tering buffalo, he starts to kill one, but leaves his wonderful arrow and friends 
behind. As he aims at buffalo dark cloud comes. Heruns back, obtains his arrow, 
and his friends attempt to help him retainit. It thunders and lightens, and blows 
like flapping of wings. Nevertheless, arrow makes its escape, and returns to clouds, 
and becomes part of lightning. The disconsolate warrior mourns; is visited by 
same mysterious being, who reminds him of condition under which arrow was given. 
He tells him he will be great warrior, but never chief. Hereafter he only goes on 
war party when success has been predicted for him in vision. 
20. SPOTTED-HORSE, A BRAVE AND A CHIEF. 
Man in dream sees mysterious being with painted buffalo robe, lariat, and 
bundle, and is told to stand on hill for four days, whereupon he will receive power. 
Obeying his instructions, he finds sun glass and blue stone, which he makes into 
pipe, the stem of which he does not perforate. Next he finds wild-cat, which he 
skins to become part of sacred bundle which he has been directed to make. Having 
assembled the parts of his bundle, he lights his pipe with glass, and smoke passes 
through stem, though it is not perforated. He is importuned by his friends to take 
pity on them and allow them to join him on!war-path. He consents, saying that his 
protector is the Sun. In journeying he always passes on east side of his compan- 
ions. He becomes warrior and is successful in taking ponies. He becomes chief. 
The bundle and accompanying rites are transmitted to young man, who changes 
his name with each fresh success on war-path. As Spotted-Horse-Chief he leads 
party against Sioux, success being attributed to rite he performs in connection 
with bundle. 
21. THE BOY WHO WAS GIVEN POWER TO CALL THE BUFFALO. 
Early in winter people travel west on buffalo hunt until they pause exhausted. 
A certain boy decides to look for buffalo. With moccasins filled with pemmican he 
starts out. Cold and discouraged he sees artichoke, which he eats, feels better, and 
a voice, the Wind, tells him that he has been protected since long before birth. As 
yet he sees no one, but hears noise like feather striking dry buffalo robe. He 
sees more artichokes, which he gathers, and now he sees a man wearing hawk’s 
head dress, which he gives to boy. In return he asks that boy bring him offerings of 
red paint, blue beads, eagle feathers, and tobacco. Boy returns home with his arti- 
