THE RABBIT-BOY. 2 Ms Ws 
who was now known as the “Rabbit-Boy,” arose and took the flint 
knife. He waited to see if somebody else would take the other weapons. 
None of them did, so the boy took up the spear and arrow. 
Among the warriors was a young man who was very poor. Rab- 
bit-Boy took a liking for him and gave him the spear. He told the 
young man to follow him wherever he should go. Rabbit-Boy then 
rose, and said: “Leader and warriors! I shall go on ahead. I shall 
bring all the ponies belonging to the enemy. I shall hide them in a 
hollow.” ‘The leader said, “It is well.” So the young man went and 
brought all the ponies from the village and hid them in a hollow. The 
young man came and told the leader that the ponies were safe. 
The next thing was to attack the enemy in their camp. Rabbit- 
Boy took his white clay, put it all over his body, put some rabbit-skins 
around his ankles, also upon his wrists, and then he put a whole skin 
around his neck, and the two feathers he put on his head to represent 
rabbit’s ears. The only weapon that he had was the war-club that 
had been given to him by the Rabbit. Rabbit-Boy planned the attack. 
The warriors all crawled up to the village just before daylight, and as 
the sun was coming up in the east an old man came out of the village. 
He went around yelling for the people to wake and go after their 
ponies. As he passed in front of where the Rabbit-Boy was, Rabbit- 
Boy ran and struck the old man on the head and killed him. Then 
Rabbit-Boy went ithrougth the village. As.he came to the center of the 
village he was just about to go by a big tipi, when out came a pretty 
young girl, who carried a hide-scraper and a robe. The girl saw 
the young man very plainly. She stopped and watched him. She 
wished that she might in some way assist him to get away. The people 
tried their best to kill Rabbit-Boy, but he escaped safe. He then went 
and joined the other warriors, for they had run away. They reached 
the ponies, which they divided, and then they went home. When they 
arrived the people told of the wonderful powers of Rabbit-Boy, and 
there was great rejoicing in his lodge. The people then recognized him 
as a great warrior. 
Three or four days afterwards the same party of warriors went to 
the same village. The boy went through the same movements, killing 
the first man that came out from the village, and as soon as the boy 
had done these things, the warriors became bold and fought the enemy. 
The enemy never charged their village for a long time. The 
young man was never known as Rabbit-Man in the enemy’s camp. 
Every time he attacked the village he went through by way of the 
girl’s tipi. Each time, the girl came out of the tipi. The girl met the 
