MICHELSON. ] ORIGIN OF THE WHITE BUFFALO DANCE, 719 
Then also he was taken above. When he was brought yonder to 
the firmament, he saw a beautiful sight. Then he was taken in to 
where the leading one was. Then the one by whom he had been 
blessed spoke, and they were standing. 
“Now I have blessed this being. This is why I blessed him, 
because he made himself so hungry that he would stumble around 
from hunger. So I took pity on him. He has been spoken to by the 
one who is in East. He has been told by him how he is thought of. 
And then the one who is directly below in the South has spoken to 
him; he has been instructed how he was thought of, that he would 
be instructed about the flute. And then again the one who is in 
West has also told him how he is blessed, how he would be instructed 
about the drum, and to fill the drum when he is worshiping. And 
he has also been told by the one who is in the North how he was blessed 
to possess songs. So now I have brought this our grandchild here 
to you.” 
Then, it is said, he was addressed, ‘‘Come in. I shall instruct him 
fully here,” he said. ‘‘ Now come over and sit down right in front of 
me,” he was told. Then the Indian went over there and sat down. 
Then the other spat on his hands. After spitting on them, “‘ Now, my 
grandchild, my son,” he was told, “‘Think of me as ‘my grandfather, 
my father,’”’ he was told. And he thought that way, ‘‘O my grand- 
father! my father!” he thought. 
“At this place I now place my word and my breath in you, and this 
is your breath also. We both breathe alike; so I bless you myself. 
I have the same thought alike toward all of you who are mortal, but 
toward you a little more; but my thought toward you will be the 
largest,” he was told. 
“You shall continually be called mortal on this island * where you 
are, but some time soon some one will come who will fool you, and 
‘he eyen will mention me,’ so he will think. If he fools you too much, 
then you must think of me, and I shall whip him myself. I shall 
personally whip him. Then you must think of it strongly if he gets 
too bad. He will take your land away from you secretly. If he has 
ceased to care anything for you, then you must call me, for I will 
never forget this myself, what I have promised you. This is what he 
will do. Everything will be able to understand him. He will not 
fear it. But he will never be able to come where I am. That is 
what will happen to him. He will be fooling over there. When I 
whip him once then I will frighten him.” It is said that was what he 
was told. ‘‘That is one way I bless you. And then when you wor- 
ship you are to worship quietly the beings who have blessed you, 
including myself. [am in no way a sportive person here where | am. 
* That is, this earth. A common Algonquin and Siouan conception. 
