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this happened again. A third time he tried unsuccessfully to stop it. 

 The fourth time he succeeded in heading it ofif. Then the bull said : 

 ' Let me go to your tent. I have come to give you the buffalo. I give 

 you myself. I have come to tell you'of the life you will have, which 

 will consist in the lodges (dances). There will be the hinanaha'^wu, 

 the hagawa°wu, the haha"ka°wu, the biitaha°wu, the hiitceaoxa°wu, and 

 the banuxta"wu." Then the buffalo came from the four directions, 

 and scattered in herds, and could be seen over the land.' — K. 



10. — Lime-Crazy. 



There was a big camp-circle in which a certain Big-Chief con- 

 trolled the people. This chief had a brother who was just of age to 

 be of service to the chief, but he was too lazy even to attend to himself. 

 His clothes and appearance were untidy, so much so that they offended 

 his brother. The people used to ridicule the young brother's foolish- 

 ness so much, that Big-Chief sometimes felt indirectly insulted. So 

 one day Big-Chief told his brother to wash his face, brush his hair, 

 fix up properly, put on better clothes and stir around. 



"You had better go to the river and see the women getting water 

 at the springs and try and get acquainted with some of them. You 

 will find some decent clothing hanging around ; put it ,on and look like 

 a man; your dreadful appearance makes me ashamed for you,'' said 

 Big-Chief. So the brother got up one morning, washed his face, 

 brushed and fixed up his hair properly, put on better clothing, which 

 belonged to his brother, painted his face, perfumed himself with sweet 

 grass and sweet leaves, and started before breakfast to the river. 



He was standing at the spring all dressed in good respectable 

 clothes, when two young women came after water. He went to them 

 and asked them for a drink, which was given to him. Then he finally 

 persuaded one of them to go into the brush with him, where he lay 

 down with her. Now, whenever he saw women after wood in the 

 timber he made a practice of going and meeting them. Heretofore he 



' The origin of tlie lodges is given more at length in myth 6. The following was obtained 

 from informant G. 



The origin of all the dances (bayaanwu) was thus: A murderer was living apart from the 

 people, subsisting on berries by the ponds. He had very little food. An animal came toward him . 

 First it was a coyote, then a wolf, then an antelope, then a deer, then a bear, then a buffalo cow. 

 He tried to intercept her, but the cow turned, and he pursued her. This happened four times. 

 The cow said to him, "Do not shoot me." The fourth time he spared her, though his children 

 were hungry. At night he heard buffalo all about. Making holes in his tent, he shot and killed 

 very many. He skinned and cut them up, and made pemmican. Going to the camp of the tribe, 

 he carried the meat with him and invited the hinanah5°wu to a feast. Then he invited the dog so- 

 ciety, the fool society, and so the rest in order of age. All the people ate, but could not eat all that 

 he had. This was the beginning of life of the people. 



