wives, but secretly to prepare for their journey. They all promised obedi-
ence, and Mudjikewis was the first to say so.
The time for their departure drew near. Word was given to aaaambto
on a certain night, when they would depart immediately, Mudj&ewifi WM
loud in his demands for his moccasins. Several times his wife naked him
the reason. ' Besides/ said she,' you have a good pair on,1 * Quick, quick/
said he,' since you must know, we are going on a war excursion; ao be quick/
He thus revealed the secret. That night they met and stjurted. The soow
was on the ground, and they travelled all night, lest others should follow
them. When it was daylight, the leader took snow and made a ball of it,
then tossing it into the air, he said: ' It was in this way I saw snow MI in
a dream, so that I could not be tracked.1 And he told them to keep does to
each other for fear of losing themselves, as the snow began to fill in very
large flakes. Near as they walked, it was with difficulty they could see e»c}
other. The snow continued falling all that day and the following night, A
it was impossible to track them.
They had now walked for several days, and Mudjikewis was always in
the rear. One day, running suddenly forward, he gave t&e *atp Maw ynm*
and struck a tree with his war-club, and it broke into pieces as if struck with
lightning. * Brothers,' said he,' this will be the way I will serve thorn we
are going to fight.' The leader answered, * Slow, slow, Madjikewis, th» one
I lead you to is not to be thought of so lightly/ Again ha foil back and
thought to himself: * "What! what! who can t&is be he ie leading ua to ?'
He felt fearful and was silent. Day after day they travelled OB, till tfeoy
came to an extensive plain, on the "borders of which heman bones were
bleaching in the snn. The leader spoke: ' They are tiw booee of tkoec wfeo
have gone "before us. None has ever yet returned to teil tbeead Uie of ttai*
fate.' Again Mudjikewis "became restless, and, running forward, g*ve tbe
accustomed yelL Advancing to a large rock which stood above tta grtmd,
he struck it, and it fell to {pieces. 'See, brothers,* said ka,«tin* will I
treat those whom we are going to fight.' 'Stffi, etily ooae aww *u«l
the leader; *he to whom I am. leadmg yon k BO* to be ooavpttrod to tfee
rock.*
Mudjikewis feH back thoughtful, sayiag to Mfflfteirs *I woate wlw Huo
canhethatheisgomgtoattack^aadhewmsaWtfi 8*31 &«y coJrtinwsi
to see the remains of former wanioss, who had been te tibe place where tJhoy
were now going, some of whom had retreated «s far baek as t^e |^w» where
they first saw tfeehones, beyond whksh aooae bad ef«r fcc*pe<l At Utf
they came to a piece ofraaingr grotmd, &omwhieht
aleeping on a d?**^-1^* Bionntain^ & mammoth hear.