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saw great waters. See PI. XIV. On a beautiful morning they 

 came to a large rock in front of the mountain. ' They rolled the rock 

 aside, and found a passage, which they entered. When they had 

 entered the rock rolled back in its place and closed them in. They 

 were in the great lodge of the mountain. The spectacle was won- 

 derful. To-day the lodge is arranged in the same way. There the 

 medicine-man and the woman received ceremonial instruction from 

 the great Medicine, and from the Roaring Thunder, who talked to 

 them from out the top of the mountain peak. See PI. XV. For 

 four days the great Medicine taught them, and thus he spoke; 

 "From henceforth, by following my teachings, you and your children 

 shall be blessed abundantly; follow my instructions accurately, and 

 then, when you go forth from this mountain, all of the heavenly 

 bodies will move. The Roaring Thunder will awaken them, the sun, 

 moon, stars, and the rain will bring forth fruits of all kinds, all the 

 animals will come forth behind you from this mountain, and they 

 will follow you home. Take this horned cap to wear when you per- 

 form the ceremony that I have given you, and you will control the 

 buffalo and all other animals. Put the cap on as you go from here 

 and the earth will bless you." 



The medicine-man and the woman came forth from the moun- 

 tain, and as they stepped out the whole earth seemed to become 

 new, and there came forth buffalo that followed them. See PI. XVI. 

 As they marched on, preceded by their dogs, the other animals 

 moved along behind them, and they watched the man and the woman 

 continually from the rear. When they camped at night the animals 

 lay down to rest. In the morning the medicine-man put on his 

 horned cap, and sang the sacred songs taught him while in the moun- 

 tain, and then he began the journey home, and the animals followed. 

 For many days they traveled, until the medicine-man knew that 

 they were near the camp of his people, who were still by the beautiful 

 stream. Then he halted, took his horned cap from his head, and 

 all the animals halted. In the morning he went to the camp of his 

 people, and told them that he had returned with the buffalo, so that 

 they should no longer suffer from hunger. He at once ordered that 

 the great Medicine-Lodge dance should be performed, exactly as 

 it was taught him in the mountain. When the Cheyenne saw the 

 medicine-man wearing the horned cap, they named him "Erect- 

 Horns," for when he wore the cap the horns stood erect. 



The tribe has preserved the cap to this day, just as the great 

 medicine-arrows are preserved by the original Medicine-Arrow 

 Cheyenne, and the man who takes the vow to give the dance wears 



