Out of the silence emerged a feint sound of hooves and flapping wings. The warrior beheld a strange animal with the body of a horse and the head of a crow. Then the Crow Horse spoke and said, I am the spirit of the four legged and the winged ones and i speak for the animal nations. Those who have respect for us we will feed and protect and those who do not shall eat dirt and be forgotten.” The warrior awoke from his dream vision with a new and clearer understanding of life and his place in the world. He took the sacred name of Crow Horse for himself then and vowed never to forget the words of the sacred animal.