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ceremony with the black dog my father said that you have.” “Ah, my 
grandson! You are wonderful. I know now, and I will do as you have 
asked me, and the servant will go with me and bring the dog you 
speak of.” 
Two-Wolves sent out only one war-party, and it was a failure. 
He gave out notice that he was to be a leader of a war-party. The 
party was held back on account of the rain, and he prophesied that 
there was a party of five enemies near on foot, and if they did not hurry 
they would miss them. On their way they saw the footprints of five 
men that had already passed. Two-Wolves was disappointed by the 
slowness of the party, and on their way he gave notice that no bird of 
any kind should be killed. This same day, the picket men found a 
bunch of buffalo. They gave chase and killed several. Strike-Enemy 
sacrificed one buffalo to his sacred bundle. The men got together 
around the meat. An eagle flew around them. It came nearer and 
nearer. They knew that the prophet had forbidden any birds to be 
killed. The temptation was so great that finally one took his musket 
and shot the eagle. Two-Wolves on hearing this was displeased. He 
warned the party to remain together, for they were to meet a party of 
seven. Sure enough, the scouts saw seven men in a party, but the 
men saw the scouts and they escaped. Two-Wolves called the party 
together and told them that he was discouraged by their errors and 
would not go further. They returned home. Two-Wolves lived a long 
time, doing good work, discovering thieves, and prophesying many won- 
derful things. At last he was taken sick and died. 
70. HOW THE MEDICINE-ROBE SAVED THE ARIKARA.* 
A long time ago I joined a war-party. We went south, into the 
western part of the Sioux country, known as Nebraska. We came to 
an old village site. At this village site we found four large mounds 
where there had stood the four lodges of the bundle lodges. On the 
east side was a mound. The old men sat down by this mound and 
smoked. The oldest of the men told us that once the Arikara lived 
here; that while they were having their medicine ceremonies in one of 
these lodges a Sioux or one of some other tribe came and went through 
the village. 
Now, there was one lodge where all the people, except one young 
woman who had just married, had gone to see the medicine-men’s 
ceremony. While she was keeping the fire up and had the entrance 
*Told by Sitting-Bear. 
