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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