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to see the party getting away, told on them to the steer. (This occurs 

 among people in ever\-day affairs.) The steer gave notice to the 

 rest and they all started after the escaping party (Gopher and the 

 woman). This Gopher, thinking that they had gone far enough, 

 peeped cut to look back, and he saw a cloud of dust in the air,, caused 

 by the moving of the buffalo. "The whole herd is after us !" said 

 Gopher to the woman, "so we have to make haste to get to your own 

 husband." They were traveling under ground to the place where this 

 man fasted and wept, and they finally reached the hill. Gopher pushed 

 the woman up from the ground. The husband and wife embraced each 

 other, telling each ether that they were very glad to meet again and 

 to be together once more. 



"Now I want you folks to travel fast toward home, for they are 

 still after you (the woman). Go, and be sure not to rest on the way!" 

 said Gopher. So they both started off and traveled for home. About 

 half way there, they came to seven big cottonwood trees and stopped 

 to rest. 



The buffalo herd was still running after the woman, and had 

 gone by the tree, not noticing the man and woman. There was one 

 cow and calf who were both tired out, and they stopped to rest by 

 the seven cottonwood trees. In the morning, the wind was blowing, 

 and it happened that the cow and calf were resting from the wind. 

 "Say, mother, that tree gives off a human smell, like that of the 

 woman we are after !" said the calf. "Oh ! don't begin to think of 

 catching them !" said the mother. The young calf was walking around 

 and came to the tree which gave off a heavy human odor of a woman, 

 that woman especially, which the calf constantly referred to, to his 

 mother. "Just come here, mother ! Smell this tree yourself and you 

 will be convinced !" This calf then looked up the tree and saw the 

 man and woman. "Say, mother, come and see the man and woman 

 up in the tree!" said the calf. When the mother had seen the man 

 and woman, she ordered the calf to go and inform the others that they 

 had discovered the runaway party, up in the tree. 



So this calf started running with all his might, raising his tail 

 and leaving a dust behind. This calf reached the last herd on the 

 gallop and immediately informed the first calf to go and tell the 

 next herd ahead of them. When this calf had reached the third calf, 

 he said, with a loud voice : "Listen, people ! We have found the man 

 and woman up in the air and want everybody to turn and go back !" 

 So this herd turned and ran back, while the fourth calf, directed, went 

 on to inform the others. They did this until every herd got the news. 



