“Kyi” said the swans.  “You are now close to the Sun’s lodge.  Follow that trail, and you will soon see it.”

III

Scarface started up the trail, and pretty soon he came to some beautiful things, lying in it.  There was a war shirt, a shield, and a bow and arrows.  He had never seen such pretty weapons; but he did not touch them.  He walked carefully around them, and travelled on.  A little way further on, he met a young man, the handsomest person he had ever seen.  His hair was very long, and he wore clothing made of strange skins.  His moccasins were sewn with bright colored feathers.  The young man said to him, “Did you see some weapons lying on the trail?”

“Yes,” replied Scarface; “I saw them.”

“But did you not touch them?” asked the young man.

“No; I thought some one had left them there, so I did not take them.”

“You are not a thief,” said the young man.  “What is your name?”

“Scarface.”

“Where are you going?”

“To the Sun.”

“My name,” said the young man, “is A-pi-su’-ahts[1].  The Sun is my father; come, I will take you to our lodge.  My father is not now at home, but he will come in at night.”

[Footnote 1:  Early Riser, i.e.  The Morning Star.]

Soon they came to the lodge.  It was very large and handsome; strange medicine animals were painted on it.  Behind, on a tripod, were strange weapons and beautiful clothes—­the Sun’s.  Scarface was ashamed to go in, but Morning Star said, “Do not be afraid, my friend; we are glad you have come.”

They entered.  One person was sitting there, Ko-ko-mik’-e-is[2], the Sun’s wife, Morning Star’s mother.  She spoke to Scarface kindly, and gave him something to eat.  “Why have you come so far from your people?” she asked.

[Footnote 2:  Night red light, the Moon.]

Then Scarface told her about the beautiful girl he wanted to marry.  “She belongs to the Sun,” he said.  “I have come to ask him for her.”

When it was time for the Sun to come home, the Moon hid Scarface under a pile of robes.  As soon as the Sun got to the doorway, he stopped, and said, “I smell a person.”

“Yes, father,” said Morning Star; “a good young man has come to see you.  I know he is good, for he found some of my things on the trail and did not touch them.”

Then Scarface came out from under the robes, and the Sun entered and sat down.  “I am glad you have come to our lodge,” he said.  “Stay with us as long as you think best.  My son is lonesome sometimes; be his friend.”

The next day the Moon called Scarface out of the lodge, and said to him:  “Go with Morning Star where you please, but never hunt near that big water; do not let him go there.  It is the home of great birds which have long sharp bills; they kill people.  I have had many sons, but these birds have killed them all.  Morning Star is the only one left.”