r Chief's success.)_
By his own lips has he said it, with the thunder
in his hand.

{War Chief}
You are the Sun Man.

{Sun Man}
_(Shrugging shoulders.)_
My names are many as the stars. Call me
White Man.

{Red Cloud}
I am Red Cloud, the first man.

{Sun Man}
Then am I Adam, the first man and your
brother.

_(Glancing about.)_
And this is Eden, to look upon it.

{Red Cloud}
My father was the Coyote.

{Sun Man}
My father was Jehovah.

{Red Cloud}
I am the Fire-Bringer. I stole the fire from
the ground squirrel and hid it in the heart of
the wood.

{Sun Man}
Then am I Prometheus, your brother. I
stole the fire from heaven and hid it in the heart
of the wood.

{Red Cloud}
I am the Acorn-Planter. I am the Food-
Bringer, the Life-Maker. I make food for
more life, ever more life.

{Sun Man}
Then am I truly your brother. Life-Maker
am I, tilling the soil in the sweat of my brow
from the beginning of time, planting all manner
of good seeds for the harvest.

_(Looking sharply at Red Cloud's skin
garments.)_
Also am I the Weaver and Cloth-Maker.

_(Holding out arm so that Red Cloud may
examine the cloth of the coat)_
From the hair of the goat and the wool of
the sheep, and from beaten and spun grasses,
do I make the cloth to keep man warm.

{Shaman}
_(Breaking in boastfully.)_
I am the Shaman. I know all secret things.

{Sun Man}
I know my pathway under the sun over all
the seas, and I know the secrets of the stars
that show me my path where no path is. I
know when the Wolf of Darkness shall eat the
moon.

_(Pointing toward moon.)_
On this night shall the Wolf of Darkness eat
the moon.

_(He turns suddenly to Red Cloud,
drawing sheath-knife and passing it
to him.)_

More, O First Man and Acorn-Planter. I am
the Iron-Maker. Behold!

_(Red Cloud examines knife, understands
immediately its virtue, cuts easily a strip
of skin from his skin garment, and is
overcome with the wonder of the knife.)_

{War Chief}
_(Exhibiting a long bow.)_
I am the War Chief. No man, save me, has
strength to bend this bow. I can slay farther
than any man.