He went to some of the people who were left, and said to them, “How is it that you people do nothing to these animals that are killing you?” The people said:  “What can we do?  We have no way to kill these animals, while they are armed and can kill us.”  Then said the Maker:  “That is not hard.  I will make you a weapon that will kill these animals.”  So he went out, and cut some sarvis berry shoots, and brought them in, and peeled the bark off them.  He took a larger piece of wood, and flattened it, and tied a string to it, and made a bow.  Now, as he was the master of all birds and could do with them as he wished, he went out and caught one, and took feathers from its wing, and split them, and tied them to the shaft of wood.  He tied four feathers along the shaft, and tried the arrow at a mark, and found that it did not fly well.  He took these feathers off, and put on three; and when he tried it again, he found that it was good.  He went out and began to break sharp pieces off the stones.  He tried them, and found that the black flint stones made the best arrow points, and some white flints.  Then he taught the people how to use these things.

Then he said:  “The next time you go out, take these things with you, and use them as I tell you, and do not run from these animals.  When they run at you, as soon as they get pretty close, shoot the arrows at them, as I have taught you; and you will see that they will run from you or will run in a circle around you.”

Now, as people became plenty, one day three men went out on to the plain to see the buffalo, but they had no arms.  They saw the animals, but when the buffalo saw the men, they ran after them and killed two of them, but one got away.  One day after this, the people went on a little hill to look about, and the buffalo saw them, and said, “Saiyah, there is some more of our food,” and they rushed on them.  This time the people did not run.  They began to shoot at the buffalo with the bows and arrows Na’pi had given them, and the buffalo began to fall; but in the fight a person was killed.

At this time these people had flint knives given them, and they cut up the bodies of the dead buffalo.  It is not healthful to eat the meat raw, so Old Man gathered soft dry rotten driftwood and made punk of it, and then got a piece of hard wood, and drilled a hole in it with an arrow point, and gave them a pointed piece of hard wood, and taught them how to make a fire with fire sticks, and to cook the flesh of these animals and eat it.

They got a kind of stone that was in the land, and then took another harder stone and worked one upon the other, and hollowed out the softer one, and made a kettle of it.  This was the fashion of their dishes.

Also Old Man said to the people:  “Now, if you are overcome, you may go and sleep, and get power.  Something will come to you in your dream, that will help you.  Whatever these animals tell you to do, you must obey them, as they appear to you in your sleep.  Be guided by them.  If anybody wants help, if you are alone and travelling, and cry aloud for help, your prayer will be answered.  It may be by the eagles, perhaps by the buffalo, or by the bears.  Whatever animal answers your prayer, you must listen to him.”  That was how the first people got through the world, by the power of their dreams.