MICHELSON. ] THE LITTLE SPOTTED BUFFALO. 515 
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gens festival, they will bless you with (long) life,’’ is, it is said, what, 
he (the warrior) said to the dancers, ‘“‘oh it is very good if you pay 
attention to the one who is employed (to give the speech). That 
truly those worshipped will think, so be it. And he who worships, so 
be it, he will be heard by those he worships, so be it. Oh, verily, in 
return if they, the buffaloes, so be it, light their pipes at the time, so 
be it, they will be mindful thereby, so be it. Oh, this is truly how it 
will be. Verily, in return, so be it. I shall obtain for my grand- 
children one slice, the choicest bit,° so be it. And, so be it, they will 
not stand around shamefacedly, so be it, when the manitou, so be it, 
sends war on his land, so be it. They shall adorn themselves joy- 
ously, so be it. And, so be it, if anyone whosoever in the land across 
the water individually speaks against this land (of the manitou) his 
thought will end prematurely. That is what all, so be it, who wor- 
ship, so be it, ask. Oh, also, so be it, he who takes care of (this) 
religion, so be it, he also, so be it, is one person who will be blessed 
by the buffaloes, so be it. And, so be it, in turn these women shall 
also be granted life and to live long by those whom they worship.” 
That is what he says in his speech when they are dancing. 
And also how the others are seated, a member of the buffalo 
society or members of different societies, how they are seated inside, 
and how those whose places are well-known. I am (about)to write 
(draw) how they sit—(the women) who hum and their gentes, the 
ceremonial attendants, and all those giving the gens festival, and 
how it is inside (the lodge), where the little (stone) buffalo stands 
(where the fire is) at the end of the long wickiup, where the dogs are 
cooked at the gens festival.® 
That perhaps is how it is inside. Here in the eastern direction, 
toward which the little (stone) buffalo is facing, these ceremonial 
attendants do as they are inclined. Inside, in the direction of the 
center pole where (the stone buffalo) stands, there 1s a little ridge of 
earth. In the middle of this is where that little buffalo stands. And 
it seems as if the one seated’ in the east belonged to the Bear gens 
and belonged to the Buffalo society. In a way it is as if the mani- 
tous, the buffaloes who have fixed places, were there. They in a way 
represent the (buffalo) who sits fixedly. That is why they whose 
5 The whole is symbolical. The leaders of the enemy are meant. 
6 Unfortunately the drawing is too indistinct to be reproduced. A copy (with a few trivial modifica- 
tions) is substituted; see Figure 2, p. 517. According to Harry Lincoln, the Paga’gaAmawii‘agki* men, etc., 
to-day do not occupy the places shown; but the women, smokers, and ceremonial attendants do. This 
isin accordance with the suggestion given above, p. 502. 
7 Pluralin meaning. 
§ Literally, those who are named after the buffalo. 
