MICHELSON. ] ORIGIN OF THE WHITE BUFFALO DANCE, 49 
Many of those Sioux, they say, who were chasing the woman were 
killed (by these buffaloes). They (the Sioux), it is said, returned from 
there. 
The woman vacillated in getting up. They say she only covered 
her face while she was suckling her little son. 
Soon she fell asleep again. Now it is said she woke up early in the 
morning. They (the woman and child) were lying there all alone. 
Then she started out quite aimlessly. Then she watched closely. 
She went through the forest in the day time. 
She was being diligently searched from where she came. Her 
husband fasted. And it is said he who had her for wife was told: 
“Well, you will see your wife to-morrow,” so he was told. “But just 
as soon as you wake up you must go toward the place of the noonday 
sky (i. e., south). Wherever you are at noon is where you will see 
her. But you must take (some food) for her to eat, for she is very 
hungry,” he was told in a dream. 
He started out very early in the morning after bundling up some 
meat. Now it is said while he was walking along, when it was almost 
noon, he saw a creek by a forest. He went over to it and, it is said, 
reached it just at noon time. Just as he entered the forest he saw 
her sitting there, but he was not seen. 
“Well, old woman, I have found you,” he said to her. The woman 
felt very happy. Then he gave her the food which he took to her to 
eat. He himself was yet fasting during this time. y 
After she ate, then they started out. She carried their little son on 
her back. On the way the woman told what had happened to her 
and how sad she felt. Then it is said, ‘‘ Well, this probably was the 
reason why they did not slay you and this son of ours, because he is 
the same as a manitou, and so that you might often relate the story; 
that is why that happened to you,” he said to his wife. 
Early in the evening they arrived at the wickiups, from where she 
was lost. She did not relate her narrative. 
The next day they whose daughter-in-law she was saw her. Like- 
wise the next day the parents of the daughter wept very hard. 
Some person went over to tell them: “She has been brought and 
nothing is the matter with her,” they were told. They stopped 
crying at once. The parents of the daughter were very happy 
over it. 
Then it is she began to tell all that had happened to her, and she 
narrated why she was saved. 
At this time their little son had learned to walk, and had learned 
to crawl. The people were very fond of him. Moreover, though his 
fellow-boys were very strong, he was never overpowered. This boy, 
it is said, was very fond of wrestling, but never would fight; he was 
only fond of wrestling; and he never went away. He staid at home 
