dobbei.] POLICEMEN SURROUNDING A HERD. 289 



so unmercifully that he never fully recovered from the effects of his 

 punishment. The offense was committed when the people had been un- 

 successful in tiuding a herd, and were almost starved. Suddenly some 

 buffaloes were discovered. Though it was against the law for any small 

 number of men to go against the herd, independently of the rest, two 

 or three, including Cada^ice, disobeyed, and, rushing forward, scared 

 off the herd, so that uone were caught. On another hunt, when the 

 men were behind a bank, seven of them wished to ascend the hill sooner 

 than Two Crows directed. They started up against his wishes ; but he 

 rushed after them and lashed them right and left with his whip, com- 

 pelling them to desist. 



During the council the chiefs said, " Let us consecrate some buffalo 

 tongues, and also two or four hearts." Then, calling on two of the young 

 men, they said, "Young men, you will get the hearts and tongues for 

 us, and place them together at the sacred tent." 



§ 141. Order of approaching and surrounding a herd. — The attack- 

 ing party was always led by two men carrying the sacred objects be- 

 longing to the principal director; one man carried the pipe, and the 

 other bore the wacabe standard. They marched abreast, and behind 

 them came the two young meu who had been chosen to collect the hearts 

 and tongues. The latter wore no clothing but their breech cloths, anil 

 they carried only their bows and knives. Behind them came the hunt- 

 ers, not going abreast or iu any fixed order, but somewhat scattered. 

 When the two leaders reached the proper distance from the herd they 

 separated, one going to the right and the other to the left, each one 

 proceeding in a course nearly the shape of a semi-circle, and followed by 

 half of the men. They began to form their lines for surrounding the 

 herd, and the leaders rati on till they had met in the rear of the herd, 

 and then passed one another, going a short distance around ou the op- 

 posite side. Then the attack began. The beavers of the pipe and 

 standard were called " 'A n/ sagi-ma," the swift ones. 



§ 142. Collection, of the hearts and tongues. — After they separated in 

 front of the herd the two young men behind them did not follow them, 

 but kept straight ahead towards the front of the herd, where they 

 stopped. They were obliged to be constantly ou the alert iu order to 

 avoid the onset of any buffalo that might rush towards them. As soon 

 as they saw that an animal was dowu they rushed towards it aud pro- 

 ceeded to cut out the heart and tongue. Then they passed to the next 

 one that was slain, and so ou. Each cue cut out eight or ten tongues, 

 but he was obliged to cut a hole in the throat before taking out the 

 tongue, which was drawn through that hole. This was the last time that 

 the tongues could touch auy tool or metal, except when they were boil- 

 iug in the kettles at the sacred tent. As fast as the men removed the 

 hearts aud tongues they cut holes in them, through which was thrust 

 one end of a bow. When all were strung on the bows they were se- 

 cured by tying pieces of green hide to the ends of each bow. The bow 

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