MICHELSON. ] THE LITTLE SPOTTED BUFFALO. ioe 
Then (the song) would be completely used. And another song 
would be used, the last one. I shall write it. Here it is. I shall 
relate the last song: 
I make them go out in a line; 
I make them go out in a line; 
I make them go out in a line; 
I make them go out in a line; 
Even beneath the earth; 
I make them form a line; 
I make them go out in a line. 
That is one half. And the other half begins: 
I make them form a line; 
I make them form a line; 
Even in the sky; 
I make them form a line; 
I make them form a line. 
That is the very last (song). When they dance, they would dance 
out; that is what they always did. And another would make a 
speech when they were finished with their performance: “Yes, all to 
whom I am related, these who worship, so be it, have done well 
in weeping over, so be it, their bodies, so be it, and also, so be it, in 
remembering how their old people were thought of, so be it, by the 
buffaloes, so be it, when they were blessed by them, so be it. Oh 
the buffaloes, so be it, will surely, so be it, think so when they (the 
worshippers) first dedicate, so be it, tobacco, so be it, to them, when 
they mix the harvest, so be it, with the soup for them, so be it, (and) 
the dog, so be it. In return, so be it, they (the worshippers) will 
receive a very fine slice from the one by whom their forefathers were 
blessed,!”7 so be it; and, so be it, these, so be it, ceremonial attendants, 
so be it, who carefully take care of the religion, also, so be it, in turn 
will be given life, so be it. And also, so be it, if they meet a great 
war, they will peacefully, so be it, live again; as Mother-of-all-the- 
Earth, so be it, yonder, so be it, continues to change her appearance 
according to the season, as she continues to be the green earth, that 
is as far as has been set for him, so be it, by those who blessed him, so 
be it; as (the manitou) continues to hang his green sky, so far has it 
been set for him; and for us, so be it, who were remembered, so be 
it, when the manitous were handed the (food) which was dedicated 
to them and which we have eaten for them, so be it, in turn shall be 
given healthy life, and be blessed that way, so be it. And also, so 
17 Translated rather freely; for the symbolism, see p. 536. 
