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daylight. Noise approaches lodge and woman, hearing footsteps of animals on 

 snow near tipi, looks out and sees buffalo near door, with immense herd in 

 front of tipi. She awakens husband, who tak^s bow and arrows, goes to door 

 and shoots buffalo. Shoots other buffalo, killing one with each arrow. He 

 tells other buffalo to retreat. Man and wife skin and slice beef and place it 

 on poles to dry. children helping. The woman tans hides and gets poles for 

 tipi. Man entirely different person in heart and mind. Wife makes pemmi- 

 can, puts it in buffalo intestine and gives it to husband. Next morning, man 

 packs pemmican on back and starts in search of camp. On reaching it he 

 goes into chief's tipi and gives him bundle. Chief tells wife to tell old man 

 to cry out for people to come and eat pemmican brought by man who was 

 deserted because he was very poor. People come and take any amount they want 

 and eat it with their children, and it retains its original size. Man says he has 

 to return to tipi at_ foot of high mountains, but he wants whole camp to 

 follow him. Old man cries out that all people are to get ready to go there. 

 Camp-circle broken up and people start off. They find herds of buffalo all 

 over the bottoms and on sides of mountains and on hills. Herds part to make 

 v.ay for them and they find camp-circle facing toward sunrise, with woman's 

 tipi back in center. After some time man goes to chiefs to tell them secrets. 

 Big tipi for general gathering provided. Man refers to previous gift of buffalo 

 cow and calf for abundance of animal food, etc.. then says his wife should 

 erect a Bunalo-Women's lodge for benefit of themselves and peo- 

 ple in general, but especially for benefit of women, and man then gives old 

 people wisdom and knowledge of various natural laws. He gives them cer- 

 tain degrees. Old people were given full degrees. Buffalo-Women's lodge 

 erected in center of camp-circle, old priests and old women conducting cere- 

 mony. Man then pledges himself for Old Men's lodge but large sacred bag 

 revealed to him is first to be made for him. Bag consists of bear claws, 

 buffalo horns, rattles, buffalo tails, paint, tallow and stones and is made by 

 priests and old women. Old Men's lodge put up in center and conducted by 

 old priests and old women, who have transmitted rites to this day. Bag 

 painted red, everything it consists of pertaining to life. It is watchful eye 

 of the Giver, — D. 



14. — Origin of the Buffalo Lodge. 



A man seeking visions sees women dancing. They turn to buffalo. Thus 

 he learns the Buffalo-dance. — K. 



15. — Origin of the Seineniinahawaant. 



A party of men on the war-path are joined by a dead w'oman. Tliey 

 return victors. The woman assembles the people and gives them a dance. Then 

 she goes back. — K. 



16.— NiH'A^gA'* LOSES his Eves. 



Nih'a°Qa° sees man throw his eyes up in cottonwood tree-tops. 

 Nih'a^ga'i asks to be taught the trick. Man consents and shows him, but says 

 he must not do it excessively. Nih'a^qa'* comes to cottonwood tree and does 



