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Trib6 Acti?itl6S 113 than that, he is beloved by the Great One." And Om was glad. For a while the boys brooded over their adventure and kept away from the buffalo valley. But the horns and the great daws kept reminding them, and again all their hunting trips seemed to lead toward the dangerous valley. Oma had tried to make Om promise that he would not go there again, but Ang had said: "Do not make him promise. He must prove his man-right as we all have done, and the Great One loves him." FinaJly Om said to Sut: "We cannot escape the call of the death valley. Something tells me that we will either leave our bones there or win our man-right. I have been thinking it over, and it seems to me that one of the reasons why so many men have lost their lives there is that they have not used their brains and they have not worked together. Why shouldn't we be the first to do it? My idea is this. We will get together ten boys of our own age and ^e will have only those who will promise under the sacred oak tree to hunt together and not each for him- self. Then we will choose one who shall be to the others as the head is to the hands and feet. All shall obey him. When we have learned to work together, we will go where the cliffs which overlook the haSaio valley draw together, and we will pile great stones where a push will send them crashing down. Then we will keep watch, and some time when the wind blows up the valley and the herd is well up to where the cliffs are too steep to climb, where they come together like two streams, we will pray to the Fire Spirit and take burning brands from the fire and light the tall dead grass at the opening of the valley. Six will start from one side and six from the other, and we must outrun the deer. The buffalo will run from the wall of fire farther and farther up into the narrow part of the valley, and when they are bunched together like fish in a trap we will hurl down great stones and shoot our arrows, and there will be meat enough for all the men of the north country, and every cave shall have its bu£blo skin at the going in." So Om and Sut got the other boys together with great secrecy, and every one was made to take the oath of loyalty to the gang under the sacred oak. And Sut was chosen Chief, because he was the best talker. Om could make the plans and carry them out. In the working of the thing Sut did most of the talking, but he always kept his eye on Gin and did what Om wanted, and when it came to doing things Om was leader. For weeks the clan soHited the valley, <rften having hair- breadth escKpa mhea they ventured too near. It seemed as if