The author of Kiowa descent that describes his pilgrimage to the black hills of Wyoming is N. Scott Momaday, in "The Way to Rainy Mountain". It is a trip into the Kiowas history, myth, religion, and traditions. The narrator goes to visit the Kiowas when his grandmother has just died. He remembers her telling the Kiowa's story. The oral tradition is very powerful, by means of language Aho, his grandmother told him stories about their beginning and their journey from Montana down to the southern plains.