354 THE ¢EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
word. ‘Fie! tell the real truth about yourself,” said the head-chief. ‘When they sur- 
rounded the herd, your child went headlong as well as the buffalo, and he was killed by 
falling into a pit. And when you commanded them to get him, they drew back through 
diffidence. Iam he who went to get him when you offered your daughter as a reward. 
I have hardly been able to come again to the surface,” said the young man. Then they 
recognized him. The twomen stood talking together on the large hill. The chief’s son 
looked back from the camp. ‘‘ Why! the old man and mother have come as far as the 
large hill, and a man on horseback has come too! He stands talking to them. I will go 
thither. Let me see! I will go to see them,” said he. He went thither on horseback and 
came again to his father. “With what person do you talk?” said the son. ‘‘Why! he 
who went to get your elder brother has come back!” said the head-chief. They shook 
hands. And the head-chief gave his daughter to the young man. “ Begone to tell it,” said 
the father to the son. “Let all the men and chiefs assemble. Let all the stout-hearted 
young men assemble. They can look at my daughter’s husband,” said he. They 
assembled. They came to see the young man, and brought what things they intended 
giving him. ‘He says that he who went to get the man who was killed by falling has 
come back. The chief says that as he has made the young man his daughter’s hus- 
band, you shall go to see the latter. He says that you shall take to him what things 
you wish to give to him. The chief says that he will give thanks for them,” said the 
erier. All the young men and those who were brave (or, generous) went thither. And 
they all gave him clothing and good horses. His wife’s father gave him the head- 
chieftainship. “Make ye a tent for him in the center,” said the old chief. They set 
up a tent for him in the center. They finished it. ‘The nation did not eat. As 
they sat waiting for you to appear, they did not eat. You came back when they 
were just removing the camp,” said the old chief. ‘‘Ho!” said he who had just reached 
home, “Let two old men go as criers.” ‘The chief’s daughter’s husband says that 
you will rest to-morrow. He says that you will not go in any direction whatsoever,” 
said the eriers. The next day he commanded those who had come back on horseback 
to act as scouts. And the scouts came back very soon. By means of the iron rod 
which he had asked of his father, he made a great many buffaloes very quickly. He 
spoke of surrounding them. They shot down many of the buffaloes. He went to take 
part in surrounding them. His wife said as follows: “I desire to go thither to see them 
surround the herd. I must go to see the buffaloes. When they are killed, I will be apt 
to be coming back.” When they killed the buffaloes, she was coming back; the wife 
stood on the hill. Her husband came back to that place. ‘Though I killed the buffa- 
loes, they will cut them up,” said he. They who surrounded them reached home. 
Again he spoke of surrounding them. ‘The chief’s daughter’s husband speaks indeed 
of sending them to act as scouts,” said the eriers. Again the herd of buffaloes had been 
coming in like manner to the land where the deed was done. They surrounded them. 
Again they shot down many of them. At length the son of the head-chief was ina bad 
humor. He was inabad humor because he did not receive the chieftainship which his 
father gave to his sister’s husband, whom he envied. And when it was night, the horse 
told of his affairs, saying to the young man: “O father, a man desires very much to 
killus. It is so every night.” And at night after that the young man used to take 
care of his horse and mule. At length on the morrow they surrounded the herd 
at the land where the deed was done. It was just so again; a great many buffaloes 
