As it reached its height, gleaming arrows were shot into the air.

Above them, in their poetic vision, sat the Sun in his _tepee_.

They held that the thunder was caused by the wings of a great invisible bird.

Often, at the close of the Sun-dance on the sultry days, the clouds would gather, and the thunder-bird would shake its wings above them and cool the air.

Delightful times were these old festivals on the Missouri.