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falo-Women's, Old Men's lodge and Sweat lodge," said the cow. (The 

 Sun-dance lodge comes at any time and is participated in by any classes 

 of people.) 



So the man did not kill Buffalo Cow, but returned to his tipi at 

 once, broke camp and went to the camp-circle. He then told the people 

 about the information he had received, as a law for them in the fu- 

 ture.— D. 



Told by Tall-Bear. A much more complete tale, accounting for the origin of the ceremonial 

 lodges, is reserved for the author's paper to be devoted exclusively to this subject. 



8. — Origin of the Kit-Fox and Star Lodges, 



There was a camp-circle along- in the fall of the year. One day a 

 party of young boys went out for some fun. To their surprise they 

 came across a hunter (chief) skinning his buffalo beef. They saw 

 others still chasing the buffalo on their horses. This hunter was just 

 through skinning one side, and while these boys were looking on he 

 took out the intestines. The hunter or chief took a slight glance at the 

 boys and paid no further attention to them. One boy, feeling quite 

 hungry, reached over and pulled out a kidney and another boy went 

 for a piece of liver to eat. The hunter saw that they had spoiled 

 some fat tallow in the beef, got mad and took the kidney and piece 

 of liver away from the boys, who were about to eat them. They were 

 disgusted, but did not say anything, though the first boy who took the 

 kidney, got mad also. He felt sorry for his companions. While this 

 hunter was busy skinning the other side of the beef he took a leg of 

 the buffalo and struck the chief on the back of his head and killed 

 him. The hunter did not see him advancing. 



After this boy had killed the man, they ran for camp, but the others 

 who were after beef too, saw what these boys had done and made 

 chase after the offender. The other boys made quite an excitement in 

 the camp, but the boy who had murdered the hunter took refuge in his 

 grandmother's lodge. The tipi was surrounded by the company, who 

 at once began tearing the tipi on all sides to catch the offender. Just 

 then there came a small whirlwind to the tipi, and it began to circle 

 about it. The boy was gone, and the cloud of smoke went up to the 

 sky. They stood looking on the cloud of smoke caused by the ashes in 

 the tipi, and wondered. 



Afterwards they saw a boy who had a yellow calf robe going from 

 them, so they made a charge for him. The boy reached a divide and 

 went over it; when the company got to the divide the boy was quite 

 a distance from them. The company ran and charged, but the boy 



