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and lit on the little mound of earth, where he left the plume. He 

 lit on the ground to the west of the mound and became a person. 

 Then he turned around, picked up the plume, and carried it into the 

 sTweat-house, where he laid it back against the wall. Then he went out 

 and took his bow and arrows. He had four arrows, two black and two 

 red. Many people stood there watching. Magpie shot upward and said : 

 "My friend, move aside or I shall hit you." The house shook. Then he 

 went to the west side of the sweat-house and shot a red arrow up and 

 said the same. The tent shook more than before. Then he went to the 

 north and shot a black arrow. The fourth time he wet the arrow by 

 passing it between his lips, and said : "Now, my friend, the arrow is 

 returning; do net let me hit you!" Then Blue-bird came out of the 

 sweat-house with a breath as strong as wind. Then they heated stones, 

 and all went in and cleaned him with sage. When he came out 

 again he was perfect. People went and told this elsewhere. The man's 

 buffalo wife heard the news and was angry. She said to the other 

 buffalo : "That Elk-woman, the ugly one, must not have that man." 

 The buffalo all decided to help this wife attack the elk wife ; for four 

 days they gathered from all directions. Those who had carried the 

 news came back to the camp and told what the Buffalo-woman had 

 said, a'nd how tHe buffalo were preparing. Elk-woman said : "Let all 

 who fear the buffalo go and cut down wood of ha"wa"i"iu and baaxa'^ 

 and niiya°a" and biit." Then they got wood of these four kinds. She 

 told the others, while the buffalo were gathering, to make bows and 

 arrows like the one Magpie had. Every man made a bow and had his 

 quiver full of arrows. They made a sweat-house. The ha'^wa^iiu was 

 outside, next to it the baaxa", then the niiya°a°, and the biit inside. On 

 the fourth day the buffalo came like a hill, and the prairie looked black 

 as if burnt. They stopped and drew up in line. Then Buffalo-woman 

 said to Elk-woman : "You will be the cause of the children's, the 

 women's, and the young men's death, wrinkle-eyed one ! You can do 

 nothing against us. li you wish to attack us, do so, ugly one!'' The 

 buffalo bulls pawed and stamped. The Elk-woman was on top of the 

 sweat-house. If she was killed, the entire large camp would be exter- 

 minated. The buffalo started and attacked the sweat-house. "When- 

 ever," the Elk-woman said, "one butts the wood, let him pierce it and 

 stick fast, or break his horns." From this are the spots on the red bark 

 of the ha^wa'Kiu. While the buffalo were attacking the sweat-house, the 

 people shot at them, and dead buffalo lay here and there and every- 

 where. On the third day the buffalo were fewer, on the fourth day 

 very few and all large ones, . Then at last the large old one, that had 



