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his brother coming from a thickly timbered place, who told him that 
his father was in hiding in the timber. These three were the only 
ones around the village. The young man was angry. He told his father 
and brother that he wanted them to follow him to the Sioux. This 
they did. hs 
One evening they came up with the enemy, who were in camp by 
a creek. The young man said, “We will attack this camp.” The three 
went through the timber. They saw the big campfires, mostly of 
their people, but there were some Sioux warriors stationed out, watch- 
ing. The young man looked up at the stars, then at the trees, and at 
everything. Then he said to the two—his father and brother—“We 
must make an attack, give a big war-whoop, and make it sound as if 
there were many people.” So the three gave the war-whoop and at- 
tacked the camp. The oldest man, at the same time, yelled: “My peo- 
ple, do not run, but pick up your bows! We are here!” When they 
gave the war-whoop the trees all seemed to give the war-whoop—even 
the grass gave the war-whoop. The stars seemed to give the war- 
whoop. War-whoops sounded all through the timber. The birds and 
everything seemed to give the war-whoop. The enemy were fright- 
ened. They ran. The people stayed behind. They captured the 
enemy’s bows and several of their people. Then they followed the 
enemy. The next day they came up with them and killed a great 
many. The people then took the enemy’s bows and arrows and took 
them up on a high hill. They set them up, with one bow in the middle 
and all the other bows resting on it. So all the bows and arrows were 
set upon the high hill. The hill was known after that as “Enemy’s- 
Bows-Upon-a-High- Hill.” 
(6. THE WOMAN WHO BEFRIENDED THE WARRIORS.* 
When the Arikara had their village on the Missouri River there 
were two boys who started out on the war-path. They went away up 
on the Missouri River. They went down to the fields and found a little 
earth-lodge. They went in and found an old woman, who was glad 
to see them. She gave them something to eat. She told them where 
to go. There they went, and found the enemy. They killed one or two, 
then went home. Again they went on the war-path. They visited the 
old woman’s place again, and she fed them. After they had eaten she 
told them where to go to find the enemy. They went and found the 
*Told by Enemy-Heart. 
