Star

n tribes crossed the trail of the Comanches, some of whom came from the far north. The

d with Quannah and his braves, the ponies of the strangers told the Comanche ponies about the big bands of wh

sticks that roar like angry buffaloes and which spit fire that kills any

e called them soldiers, and she, too, spoke of the sticks of fire that slew our br

r touched her big colt with her nose, to remind him that he must keep perfectly quiet, for Quannah's hand rested on Star's mane and the chief looked at him wi

Chief that we must drive these white people from our land, so that none of them shall ever come back. Then the antelope and

e white people. My mother was of t

warred with us," the Kiowa interrupted angrily. "Even now they are gathering in great bands, and making ready to sweep upon us from all four sides of the earth at once, hoping to scatter us

hite men killed my father and took my mother and sister away. My mother did not want to leave us, and she sent word to me by old Moko, the Picture-maker, that she would try to escape from the white men and come back to me. Maybe she is dead now. When the sun shines on the winter snow, no one can bring it back

bout their chief and the Kiowa m

en who will kill the Comanches and Kiowas, take our children and squaws captives, and laugh at our humiliation. Shall I go back and say to my

l your chief that I and my warriors will fight against the white men because we

with a shrill call, the rider was lost in a cloud of dust that arose from the swiftly r

is mother. "We do not drive the Kiowas from their camps, and the Comanche ponies

s all I know. Maybe the white men war among themselves and destroy ea

, and the huge campfire sent shafts of light like golden arr

hem. The Medicine Man was very old. The face he lifted toward the stars was wrinkled, his raised hands trembled, and the words h

ht be. All the ponies understood that a band of coyotes would chase any pony if it were alone, and if they overtook it, they would tear it to pieces. So when a bunch of coyotes came near the pony herd, the mares surroun

ll tell them what the Great Spirit tells him. Then he will bless them that the strength of the Grea

. Star, waking many times, lifted his head that he might watch the warriors who faced the Medicine Man

s not dawn yet. You will waken the other ponies and t

white men find the camp they may take her away as they took Qu

her back. He loves her more than

nt on anxiously. "If I go back to her, she could ride s

ah is wiser than you are. He will guard her from harm. Go