am.
     I see the dark future.
     I see the Sun Man's death,
     The journey he must take
     Through thick and endless forest
     Where lost souls wander howling
     A thousand moons of moons.

     People     Through thick and endless forest
     Where lost souls wander howling
     A thousand moons of moons.

     (War Chief arranges Hunters with their
     bows and arrows for the killing.)
     Sun Man     (To Red Cloud.)     You will slay us?

     Red Cloud     (Indicating War Chief.)     In war he commands.

     Sun Man     (Addressing the Nishinam)     Nor am I a Shaman. But I will tell you true
     things to be. Our brothers are acorn-planters,
     cloth-weavers, iron-workers. Our brothers are
     life-makers and masters of life. Many are our
     brothers and strong. They will come after us.
     Your First Man has spoken true words. When
     you plant blood you harvest blood. Our brothers
     will come to the harvest with the thunder
     in their hands. There is a sign. This night,
     and soon, will the Wolf of Darkness eat the
     moon. And by that sign will our brothers come
     on the trail we have broken.

     (As final preparation for the killing is
     completed, and as Hunters are arranged
     with their bows and arrows,
     Sun Man sings.)
     Sun Man     Our brothers will come after,
        On our trail to farthest lands;
     Our brothers will come after
        With the thunder in their hands.

     Sun Men           Loud will be the weeping,
           Red will be the reaping,
           High will be the heaping
        Of the slain their law commands.

     Sun Man     Givers of law, our brothers,
        This is the law they say:
     Who takes the life of a brother
        Ten of the slayers shall pay.

     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     Our brothers will come after
        By the courses that we lay;
     Many and strong our brothers,
        Masters of life are they.

     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     Plowers of land, our brothers,
        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.)