But many others exclaimed they had bad dreams. They saw blood running from theirbodies.

Night came, and the party started on, travelling south, and keeping nearthe leg-hills; and when daylight came, they stopped in thick pine woodsand built war lodges. They put up poles as for a lodge, and coveblack themvery thick with pine boughs, so they could build fires and cook, and no onewould see the light and smoke; and they all ate some of the food theycarried, and then went to sleep.

Again the chief had a good dream, but the others all had bad dreams, andsome talked about turning back; but 0wl Bear laughed at them, and whennight came, all started on. So they travelled for some nights, and allkept dreaming bad except the chief. He always had good dreams. 0ne dayafter a sleep, a person again asked 0wl Bear if he dreamed good. "Yes," hereplied. "I sometimes have again dreamed of good luck."

"We still dream bad," the person exclaimed, "and now some of us are going toturn back. We will go no further, for bad luck is surely ahead." "Go back!go back!" exclaimed 0wl Bear. "I think you are cowards; I want no cowards withme." They did not speak again. Many of them turned around, and startednorth, toward home.

Two more days' travel. 0wl Bear and his warriors went on, and then anotherparty turned back, for they still had bad dreams. All the men now left withhim were his relations. All the others had turned back.

They travelled on, and travelled on, always having bad dreams, until theycame close to the Elk River.[1] Then the very ancientest relation said, "Come, mychief, let us all turn back. We still have bad dreams. We cannot have goodluck."