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BUEEAU OP AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[bDLL. 61 



Something shook my blanket. It was a buffalo, who said, "Rise and follow me.'' 

 I obeyed. He took a path, and I followed. The path was above the ground. We 

 did not touch the earth. The path led upward and was smooth like smooth black 

 rock. It was a narrow path, just wide enough for us to travel. We went upward a 

 long distance and came to a tent made of buffalo hide, the door of which faced us. 

 Two buffalo came out of the tent and escorted me in. I found the tent filled with 

 buffalo and was placed in the midst of them. 



The chief buffalo told me that I had been selected to represent them in life. He 

 said Ihe buffalo play a larger part in life than men reahze, and in order that I might 

 understand the buffalo better day by day they gave me a plain stick (or cane) and 

 told me that when I looked at it I should remember that I had been appointed to 

 represent them. The cane was similar to the one which I now carry and have carried 

 for many years. I would not part with this cane for a fortune. [See pi. 25, in which 

 Brave Buffalo is represented leaning on his staff.] 



Brave BuffjJo said that the following song was given liim in the 

 lodge filled with buffalo, and that by it he received power to engage 

 in the practice of medicine: 



No. 44. "A Buffalo Said to Me" (Catalogue No. 606) 



Sung by Brave Buffalo 

 Voice J — 69 

 Drum J — 69 

 Drum-rhythm similar to 'ho. 19. 





Wa - hi - na -wa - pii] kte way - ma - yaij-ka yo 



lie yo wa - 



jf:lJiLJi=l^^_^z^ fei2, 



hi - na-wa - pii] kte wai) - ma-yaij-ka yo he yo ta - taij-ka waij 



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he-ma-ki-ya he j/t* wa-hi - na-wa-piij kte\vaij-ma-yai]-ka yo he yo 



WORDS 



wahi^nawa'pir) kte I will appear 



wagma^yagka yo behold me 



tatag^ka war) a buffalo 



hema^kiya said to me 



