In Buffalo Days 
absence. They should stay there, and pray 
to the Sun for his success, and burn sweet- 
grass until he returned. When he left the 
camp and went up on to the prairie toward 
the buffalo, all the people followed him, and 
distributed themselves along the wings of the 
chute, hiding behind the piles of rock or 
brush. The caller sometimes wore a robe 
and a bull’s-head bonnet, or at times was 
naked. When he had approached close to 
the buffalo, he endeavored to attract their 
attention by moving about, wheeling round 
and round, and alternately appearing and 
disappearing. The feeding buffalo soon be- 
gan to raise their heads and stare at him, and 
presently the nearest ones would walk to- 
ward him to discover what this strange 
creature might be, and the others would 
follow. As they began to approach, the man 
withdrew toward the entrance of the chute. 
If the buffalo began to trot, he increased 
his speed, and before very long he had the 
herd well within the wings. As soon as they 
had passed the first piles of rock, behind 
which some of the people were concealed, 
the Indians sprang into view, and by yelling 
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