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Say to him : 'Carry me across, my friend ; here are eagle feathers to 

 be your headdress.' Then the hiintcabiit will come swimming. When 

 he rises to the surface near the bank, tie the feathers to his horns. If 

 he stops swimming with you, say again : 'Here are feathers for you,' 

 and tie some to his horns. In the middle of the stream he will try to 

 destroy you. You will hear a whistle above you. Then remember to 

 do what I tell you. Jump with all your might." Accordingly when 

 they reached the middle, Lime-Crazy jumped and reached the land. 

 Thus he crossed the river and returned to the camp. 



When he went on a journey again, the white owf (snow-storm) 

 killed him. Others say it was the lightning that killed him. — K. 



12. — Origin of the Buffalo Lodge. 



There was a big camp-circle. One day word was given out to the 

 people, that a big herd of buffalo was seen and that before it got far 

 away from the reach of them, it was to be killed for hides and meat. So 

 the young men caught their best horses and had them ready for the 

 chase. They were supplied with good bows and arrows. It was 

 ordered by the chief that there should be two parties, who should go 

 and head off the herd so as to drive them from the other end into 

 the camp-circle. So they went and surrounded the herd, killing the 

 buffalo, as they ran toward the camp. There were ten or twelve buf- 

 falo still running, trying to escape. The young men who were just 

 commg to the camp saw these animals in a bunch and made a charge 

 at them. In the herd there was a swift one taking the lead. This ani- 

 mal was a young steer, very fat. "I must get away or else they will 

 kill me, for I am pleasing to the^eye," said the steer as they were run- 

 ning together. The rest of the buffalo were cows. 



When the young men were chasing the buffalo into camp there 

 were women on the hill, watching the men after the small bunch of 

 buffalo running by the camp-circle. When this buffalo (steer) ran 

 ahead of the others, it attracted the attention of one of the women. 

 "Oh ! that buffalo looks beautiful ! it is surely a charming creature ! 

 I wish that I could marry him!" said the woman. As soon as she 

 had said that, the steer understood what she said and received her 

 word. "Look at him, he is running gracefully, what a fine sight he 

 is to me ! I wish that I could marry him !" said the woman. The steer 

 again heard the remark and received it. The young men were .still 

 chasing this small bunch of buffalo, but they were unable to kill this 



' Nankubacein. 



