In the Beginning, the Sun

The first human lived among the animal people, who raised him; the trickster Unktomi was jealous.

Little-Boy-Man was now not only a handsome young man, but gentle and noble. He had a downy white feather growing upon his head, which was very good to look at.

When he entered the country of the Bear people, he was well received and welcomed, because they had not seen him for a long time. "Oh, oh! He has a white feather on his head! He is a chief. We will call him 'White-Feather-on-his-Head' (Waceheska)." So in this way he got his name thereafter, among all the animals. No longer was he called "Little-Boy-Man."

For many winters he lived, studied, and traveled among them, to further establish the relationship between man and the animal people. Being so handsome and noble, many of the young women of the different tribes made love to him, but he did not know what that meant. He just loved them all alike, same as sisters to him.

All the while, Unktomi was busy studying him and making comments on his peculiarities, and never overlooked any opportunity to impress them that, under cover of innocence, he was stealing all their secrets and medicines, to become their ruler and chief. He cautioned them to be careful and watch him.

Finally, again Unktomi's propaganda took hold in their minds. He had said, cunningly, "Make manly war on him, by all the animals of the Earth!"