Of the hills and pleasant leas;
Under the sun our brothers
With their keels will plow the seas.

{Sun Men}
Our brothers will come after,
On our trail to farthest lands;
Our brothers will come after
With the thunder in their hands.
Loud will be the weeping,
Red will be the reaping,
High will be the heaping
Of the slain their law commands.

{Sun Man}
Mighty men are our brothers,
Quick to forgive and to wrath,
Sailing the seas, our brothers
Will follow us on our path.

{Sun Men}
Our brothers will come after,
On our trail to farthest lands;
Our brothers will come after
With the thunder in their hands.
Loud will be the weeping,
Red will be the reaping,
High will be the heaping
Of the slain their law commands.

_(At signal from War Chief the arrows
are discharged, and repeatedly
discharged. The Sun Men fall. The War
Chief himself kills the Sun Man.)_

_(In what follows, Red Cloud and Dew-
Woman stand aside, taking no part.
Red Cloud is depressed, and at the
same time is overcome with the wonder
of the knife which he still holds.)_

{War Chief}
_(Brandishing musket and drifting stiff-
legged, as he sings, into the beginning
of a war dance of victory.)_
Hoh! Hoh! Hoh!
I have slain the Sun Man!
Hoh! Hoh! Hoh!
I hold his thunder in my hand!
Hoh! Hoh! Hoh!
Greatest of War Chiefs am I!
Hoh! Hoh! Hoh!
I have slain the Sun Man!

_(The dance grows wilder.)_

_(After a time the hillside begins to darken)_

{Dew-Woman}
_(Pointing to the moon entering eclipse)_
Lo! The Wolf of Darkness eats the Moon!

_(In consternation the dance is broken off
for the moment)_

{Shaman}
_(Reassuringly)_
It is a sign.
The Sun Man is dead.

{War Chief}
_(Recovering courage and resuming dance.)_
Hoh! Hoh! Hoh!
The Sun Man is dead!

{People}
_(Resuming dance.)_
Hoh! Hoh! Hoh!
The Sun Man is dead!

_(As darkness increases the dance grows
into a saturnalia, until complete darkness
settles down and hides the hillside.)_

ACT II

_(A hundred years have passed, when the
hillside and the Nishinam in th