One by one the other braves came back to the village, and as they came, they rode by the lodge of the boy's grandmother to tell her of his good fortune, but she thought they were jesting and answered them angrily. When the young brave came up with the old dun horse snorting and prancing, laden with buffalo meat and a great robe, for her, and the spotted robe which he retained for himself, she could hardly believe her senses. But in the frail tepee there was joy that night.

The rejuvenated horse again spoke to the young brave. "The Sioux war parties are coming; they are now near the wigwam," indicating Chimney rock ; "Tomorrow they will come, and our people will meet them about half way. When we meet, ride me among them and kill their chief, and return. Then again, ride me among them and kill another chief and return. Do this again, and again, four times only, for if you go the fifth time, some disaster will befall you or me."

So the next day was a great battle between the Pawnees and Sioux at a point nearly opposite the opening in the hills now known as Round House or Reddington Gap.

The young brave and the old horse were there, and they charged into the thick of the conflict. As he rode in among the Sioux, the air was thick with arrows, but he found the chief and slew him, and returned untouched.

HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA