When Spider saw Eagle in the air, Spider called him down to earth and asked him what he was. Eagle replied that he was Eagle. Spider then asked him what power he had. Eagle said the Thunders gave him power to fly around in the air and be head of everything; that he was the servant of the Thunders to look after everything above the earth, as Stone was the servant of Spider to look after everything on earth.

Beliefs and Tales of the Canadian Dakota, p. 60