Buffalo Bill did so, telling the story over and over again.

Running Water listened very attentively, and promised to report this strange tale to his people in the morning.

“Are you sure, my brother,” he asked, “that the son of the Great Spirit walked on the top of the water?”

“Yes.”

“And made the wind go back and the waves fall down flat?”

“Yes.”

“And made dead men live again?”

“Yes.”

“Are you sure?”