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Updated: June 12, 2025
The Mandan men, women and children, thus herded together, died by hundreds. Mahtotohpa was among the last left. He witnessed all his family and friends stretched cold and lifeless, and he decided to try a sacrifice to the anger of the Great Spirit. So he dragged his wives and children together and covered them decently with buffalo robes.
The Mandans had been surprised; but Mahtotohpa rallied fifty warriors and pursued. The fifty warriors led by Mahtotohpa pursued for a day and half a day. At noon they sighted the Cheyennes driving the stolen horses; but the Cheyennes were so numerous that the Mandan warriors lost their hearts and wished to turn back. Not so, Mahtotohpa!
"Ai!" responded Mahtotohpa, gladly; and ridding himself of shield and quiver he rushed forward, feeling for his knife, too. But his knife was not in his belt. He had lost it, or left it at home! Hah! He could not stop they had come together the Cheyenne was upon him. So he fought with his bow. He struck aside the Cheyenne's thrust, and hit him over the head and knocked him down. They grappled.
It is great medicine, and belongs to the Great Spirit, not to me. I pulled it from the wound of an enemy." "Why do you not tie it to the lance, then?" "Hush!" rebuked Mahtotohpa. "If the Great Spirit had wished it to be tied on, it would never have come off." Whereupon, presently, he told the story of the mighty lance. This had been the lance of a famous Arikaree warrior, Won-ga-tap.
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