THE CAPTURE OF THE ENEMY’S BOWS. 167 
(4. THE WARRIOR WHO FOUGHT THE SIOUX.* 
) 
When the Indians used to live at the Fort Berthold village a few 
of them moved about ten miles west of Fort Berthold, on the Missouri 
River bottom, in the timber. This was in the winter time. Strike- 
Enemy and some others went to the Fort Berthold village. 
When Strike-Enemy was about a mile from the village he was at- 
tacked by a hundred or more Sioux. He held them back, for he had a 
rifle. He reached the fort; then the Sioux surrounded it. The people 
in the fort all fought the Sioux. It seems that one man had gone out 
to hunt antelope. He had killed one antelope, and was bringing it to- 
wards the fort. He could not see ahead, for he was carrying a whole 
antelope upon his back; but when he heard a noise he saw that the 
Sioux had attacked the fort. He threw down the antelope and ran. 
This all happened in the winter time when the snow was on the ground. 
The Sioux found the man’s tracks, and they followed him. They 
caught up with the man about six miles west of the fort. Here he 
stopped, and the first Sioux he came to he killed. He then jumped on 
the enemy he thhad killed and cut him open with his knife, cut his arm 
off at the shoulder and commenced to hit the man on his head with his 
own arm. ‘The Sioux were shooting at him from behind with their 
arrows. The hunter did not pay any attention to the shooting. He 
stood up, gave a big yell, like that of a bear, and the Sioux ran. Then 
the hunter again cut the Sioux upon the breast and began to put blood 
upon his face. When he straightened up, the Sioux saw that he had 
a piece of liver in his mouth. He chased them and took away all their 
ponies. He caught one pony, got on it, and ran after them. The 
Sioux say that they were scared, for they had never seen anybody 
acting in this way, for the hunter seemed like a bear. He gave them 
back their ponies, then went away, but the Sioux would not come near 
him. He took only one pony and went into some timber. That night 
a blizzard set in. The next day he was found frozen. He still had the 
arrows in his back. The Arikara and Sioux both tell this story. 
75. THE CAPTURE OF THE ENEMY’S BOWS.* 
In olden times the young men in a village went on the war-path. 
While they were gone the Sioux came down to the village and cap- 
tured all their old women and children, killing many. A young man 
returned to the village and found out what had happened. He found 

*Told by Strike-Enemy. 
+Told by Yellow-Bear. 
