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two red ones on north. She tells her robe, supported by arrows, when steer 

 asks her to get up, to say, "Not quite ready," while making her escape. Steer 

 comer and asks questions several times and on fourth time, he walks back- 

 wards, plunges at her and tosses her. He then hooks at her many times, — 

 but it is merely a robe. Finding this out, steer rushes at arrows and breaks 

 them. While he is running around inquiring about his wife, different gopher, 

 who saw party getting away, tells on them to steer. The buffalo all start after 

 Gopher and woman. Gopher looks back and sees cloud of dust, so they hasten, 

 reach hill where husband is fasting. Gopher pushes woman , up. When they 

 have embraced. Gopher tells them to hasten home. They stop to rest at seven 

 Cottonwood trees. Buffalo herd running after woman go by tree, not noticing 

 man and woman. Cow and calf, tired out, stop to rest by trees. Calf smells 

 them, sees her and man up tree and mother sends calf to inform others. News 

 carried from one herd to another and finally whole herd surrounds grove to 

 make attack. Young bulls charge tree. Each successful to fourth attempt, 

 v.'hen they break their hor^is. Man shoots at them with arrows. Animals 

 make tree fall and it rests against another one, making another protection for 

 man and woman. This happens until they are on last tree. Buffalo has one 

 half of tree trunk hooked off. Gopher comes and finds place surrounded by 

 immense herd, and only one tree standing. During night, Gopher goes to 

 bottom of tree and makes hole big enough for man and woman. He then climbs 

 tree and tells them to come down. They follow Gopher into hole, which he 

 closes up solid so that buffalo cannot notice it or smell it. They again travel 

 underground and reach main camping-circle. Gopher throws up man and 

 wife out of ground at daybreak. Some time afterward, woman says she has 

 brought good tidings for people. She tells them first thing is selection of old men 

 and women. She selects seven old men and seven old women, and gives them 

 intellects to understand her. She then pledges for lodge to be called "Buffalo- 

 Women's lodge." She teaches the commandments of the Giver, that people 

 may know between right and wrong, and live in plenty to old age. Old men 

 and old women give thanks for young woman's vow. — D. 



13. — Origin of the Buffalo Lodge and the Sacred Bundle. 



Camp-circle breaks up to hunt. Man, wife, and several children have 

 but one poor pony. They fall behind. At night they pitch tipi by running 

 creek at foot of high mountains. In morning man goes out for game. He 

 sees antelope and deer, but cannot get them. They decide to make permanent 

 camp. Turn pony loose to graze. For several days man searches for game, 

 but in vain. Wife gets plenty rabbits and berries. Next time man goes in 

 different direction. Comes to buffalo cow and calf. When he gets near, cow 

 looks up and tells him to stop, tells him to go back and make one hundred 

 arrows, and for his wife to get forks, poles and wood. Man returns and finds wife 

 has plenty of rabbits and berries. Tells her to cut forks and poles and get 

 wood. He makes arrows, feathered with hawk and eagle feathers. He also 

 makes good solid bow. Wife gets supply of forks, poles, and firewood. Man 

 tells wife he is going to sleep, she is not to get frightened if there should be 

 stranger's voice outside. He ties arrows to bow and goes to sleep. While 

 asleep, cow reveals something to him. Now wife hears big noise, about 



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