THE VILLAGE-BOY AND THE WOLF POWER. 107 
path, and never left the village. For this reason the people called the 
boy ‘“Village-Boy.” 
After a time the people began to make fun of the girls for danc- 
ing when their brother had never gone out on the war-path nor taken 
part in the battle, fought near the village. The girls were sorry. The 
boy saw that the girls were being made fun of for dancing when he 
had not gone on the war-path. The young man told his father that he 
was going up on a high mound where there was a graveyard. The 
father was glad of this. The boy put black soot upon his face, and 
he stuck some grass arrows in his hair. He went up into the grave- 
yard, and there he stood, mourning. 
While he was there, a big white timber Wolf came to him and 
asked ‘him what he was crying about. The boy told him that he was a 
poor boy; that he had never been on the war-path, nor taken a scalp; 
that he had four sisters who danced in the scalp-dance and were ridiculed 
for dancing when their brother had never been on the war-path. The 
Wolf told the boy not to cry, for he would take care of him. The 
Wolf then told the boy that he would look after him; that he should go 
into the village ; and that the first time there was a war-party he should 
join it and start out with it; that he, the Wolf, would find him and 
lead him to the enemy’s camp. 
One day it was noised through the camp that the people were 
going on the war-path. Village-Boy then told his friend that if after 
they had been gone for three days the scouts should kill any Buffalo, 
he should get some of the knee-caps of the Buffalo and keep them for 
him, as he would follow close after them. 
The war-party started out, and after they had been gone three 
days Village-Boy told his father that he was going to start out to over- 
take the war-party. He also told his sisters to make him some mocca- 
sins. So the young man started out on the journey; but before this 
happened the Wolf thad been coming to visit the young man, and had 
taught the young man the secret powers of the Wolf. So the young 
man started out, and when he had come to a ravine he rolled himself 
upon the ground, and when he got up he was a Wolf. 
The Wolf followed the trail of the warriors. Some time in the 
night he came to their camp. He did not go right into the camp, but 
stayed behind, and some time in the night he barked like a Wolf. His 
friend said, “There is my friend, Village-Boy.”’ He took up the burned 
bones and took them to him. When he got there it was the Village- 
Boy. He threw the bones at the boy. The boy gnawed at the bones, 
just like a Wolf. When Village-Boy got through eating, he told his 
