MICHELSON. ] ORIGIN OF THE WHITE BUFFALO DANCE. 121 
Then he sat therealong time. Soon he was thinking seriously there. 
When the wind blew toward him, he heard singers. Every time the 
wind blew he heard them. Before there was no wind. But it is said 
soon the wind would blow toward him. It was as if he heard one 
song. ‘‘Gracious! this is my sacred pack,’’ he thought. ‘Yes,’ he 
was told by the wind. 
This was what he first heard: 
“The wood-men—men.” 
Then the second time: 
“My father, mine, my father, mine, my father.’’ 
Then the third time: 
“The white buffaloes.”’ 
Then the fourth time: 
“This is my body, they know me.” 
Then again: 
“Took how they will stand.” 
Then again: 
“This is my sacred pack, my younger brother, it is mine.’’ 
Then again: 
“T desire for the white buffalo.” 
Then again: 
“The manitous walk about.” 
Then again: 
“T am walking on a windy day, I am walking on a windy day.” 
Then again: 
“The buffaloes I.”’ 
Then again: 
“The buffaloes so much.” 
Again: 
“My tail is looked at.” 
Again: 
“The buffalo keeps on walking.” 
Again: 
“The one who advises all the buffaloes is I.’ 
Again: 
“Here is my paint, mine.” 
Again: 
“YO, I am walked slowly.” 
Again: 
“Where I am, where I am, where I am.” 
Again: 
“T make them walk about.” 
Again: 
“The buffalo goes about speaking.” 
Again: 
“The night-speech.”’ © 
6. Note that some songs are not cited absolutely accurately. The English translations of course follow 
the citations and not the original songs. 
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