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14, — Origin of the Buffalo Lodge.' 



A man fasted several times. He not only abstained from food 

 and water, but inflicted pain on himself. Then he saw a vision. He 

 saw women in a lodge, wearing wide belts and headdresses, carrying 

 small hoops. Whenever they moved the hoop they blew their whistles. 

 At the back of the lodge were old men, singing, with rattles. The 

 women danced where they stood. After each song they changed their 

 place. At the end of the fourth song he saw the women turned 

 to a herd of buffalo and the old men to bulls. Then they disappeared, 

 excepting one, a white cow, who remained sitting (= lying). She had 

 been a woman who had worn white ornaments. The man saw this 

 vision several times. It was shown him by heisananin (our father). 

 Then a woman who had a sick relative heard of what this man had 

 seen, and pledged to have this lodge (dance) made. Then the dance 

 was made the first time. — K. 



15. — Origin of the SeineniinahAwaa^t.^ 



Young men were traveling for war. They were camped near a 

 place where a wom.an had died several years before. It was evening 

 and they were on one side of the trail. While they were all busy about 

 something, one of them saw the dust of a person who was coming on 

 the trail. They did not know who it was ; thinking it might be an 

 enemy, they left their food lying on the ground, and prepared their 

 weapons. Then they saw that it was a woman. When she was close 

 to them, they recognized her as the dead woman. All said it was a 

 mystery. They asked her who she was, and she said*. ''I am the one 

 who was buried by the trail several years ago. I have come back to tell 

 you something. I will not yet tell you, but will go with you wherever 

 you go." She accompanied them, cooking for them, and they were 

 victorious in every fight. They brought back witH them scalps, cloth- 

 ing, and horses. The woman took many things from the dead. When 

 they returned, they painted black, dressed themselves, and marched in 

 line through the camp, the woman going last. They were invited from 

 one tent to another. The woman was recognized, and the men told of 

 her coming to them. She said nothing. At night she had the crier call 

 out that she wanted the largest tent put up. for she had something 

 to tell. The tent was erected and at her directions the young men and 



' Told by informant E. 



« Told. by informant .'V. He said that the same myth was told also of the origin of the (recent) 

 peyote-worship. 



