Stories of the Sioux by Luther Standing Bear

Author:Luther Standing Bear
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-8032-9363-2
Publisher: UNP - Bison Books
Published: 1934-09-14T16:00:00+00:00

Turning to his warriors, he said: 'Wait for one more day. If tomorrow we do not find food, then I shall kill my horse to save your lives.'

The next morning the warriors sat on the ground. They could not go on without food. Standing Bear mounted his horse and rode away. He wanted to go away alone and pray to the Great Mystery — pray for food that his companions and his pony might be spared. Slowly he and the pony went to the top of a hill. With eyes closed, Standing Bear prayed. When he opened them, the miracle had happened. There below him in a little patch of green by a seeping spring stood a lone buffalo! The pony seemed to know the thought of his master. He ran as fast as he could — ran as if he knew he was running to save men's lives and his own.

Standing Bear wasted not a shot. The first one weakened his game. The second one — and his prayer was answered. He rode back to the top of the hill and waved his blanket three times; then he began the skinning. In later years Standing Bear the First showed Standing Bear the Second the exact spot where the Great Mystery had placed the buffalo.

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