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boy said that he would do so, only he was afraid that what she had 
told him would not come true; he did not believe that his brother-in- 
law would come. But the girl said, “Brother, watch out, and when he 
comes, do as he tells you, for he is wonderful.” But the brother felt 
like making fun of his brother-in-law, Young-Eagle. It was announced 
through the camp that the Big-Belly-Boy was going on the war-path 
with the rest. They all laughed at him and made fun of him because 
he was going on the war-path for the first time. 
The warriors started out, and after they had been gone three days 
Young-Eagle took his wife out to the lake where he had dived once 
before, and there he told her to take a swim. The girl went in and 
washed. After she came up, Young-EFagle went in, just the same as he 
had done before, with leggings, moccasins, etc., and he waded into the 
lake, then he dived, and stayed a long time. At dusk, Yellow-Calf 
heard a noise in the water, and Young-Eagle came out, the same man 
that she had first met. Young-Fagle told her not to touch him, but to 
go home; that he would come home soon; and that she should watch 
for him. He sat down and covered himself with his robe. ‘All at once 
the robe rattled, and there flew up a young Fiagle. It flew towards 
the southwest, where the warriors had gone, and in the night, the 
brother-in-law heard the cry of an Eagle. He rose, and said, “That is 
my brother-in-law; he has come.” ‘The other warriors who heard it 
made fun of him, and said, “Do you think that that Big-Belly-Boy 
brother would come this far?” But the boy did not say anything. He 
went out, and sure enough, there was his brother-in-law. 
The boy gave Young-Ejagle the intestine to eat, and also some 
bones to gnaw. Young-Eagle told his brother-in-law that the enemy 
were within a short distance, and that he was going out to bring all the 
ponies that they had in the village ; and that he was to turn all the ponies 
over to him; and that his brother-in-law should divide the ponies 
among the warriors. 
The leader of the war-party had sent out different scouts, but 
they had seen no enemy’s village, nor any ponies. But every once in 
a while Young-Eagle would appear, and this brother-in-law of his 
would go to meet him. The warriors still doubted that they were 
brothers-in-law. 
The next day, when they saw a drove of ponies coming towards 
them and Young-Eagle driving them afoot, they knew him. Young- 
Fagle’s brother-in-law went out to meet him. Young-Eagle gave him 
all the ponies and told him to divide them among the people. Young- 
Eagle went back into the enemy’s camp. He killed one man, took his 
