THE SMALL-ANTS BUNDLE AND THE BUFFALO. 25 
young man took the bowls and went around, giving each a few grains 
of corn and a piece of meat. When the people in the lodge were satisfied 
the young man told his father to send for the chief. The chief came into 
the lodge and sat down by the young man. The young man reached 
and said, ‘‘I have brought this for you to eat.’”’ He gave him some corn. 
He then reached under his robe, took out a piece of meat and gave it to 
the chief, and told him to chew it for some time before swallowing it. 
The young man then told the chief to have the crier go through the vil- 
lage and tell the people to come to the young man’s lodge. The people 
began to come in, and the boy gave them corn and meat. The men, 
women, and children all came and ate. There was still some corn and 
meat left. The young man sent for the man who had cried with him and 
told him to stay in his lodge, and for four nights to give corn and meat 
out to the people. Then he went back to the cave. 
When he went into the cave the old woman was there and she said: 
‘““My son, the gods have given you the buffalo. The buffalo are to run 
out of this cave, and the first buffalo that shall go out shall be killed by 
your people. Its hide must be tanned, the head must be cut off, and the 
skull set up on this high hill, When the meat and everything has been 
cut off from the skull, it must be taken into the village and put in the 
lodge.’’ The old woman gave the young man four bundles of corn of 
different colors, braided together. The old woman said, ‘‘These are the 
seeds for the people.’”’ She gave him a bunch of buffalo hair, and said, 
“This is the part of the buffalo that the gods have given your people.” 
Among the buffalo hair was a downy feather with dark blue marks down 
the center. The old woman said: ‘‘When you want the buffalo to come 
out of the cave get out the feather and place it upon a pole, set it on the 
north side of the village. The first buffalo that shall go out shall be a 
wonderful buffalo and the people must kill it and place the skull upon 
the hill and take the hide and tan it. It shall be known as the holy 
buffalo.”’ The old woman went into the lodge and when she came out 
she had a sacred bundle upon her back which she took off and placed 
upon the young man’s back, and said: ‘“Thisis your sacred bundle. 
~ You shall call it the Small-Ants bundle.” 
The young man took the things and went down to the village. He 
hung the sacred bundle inside of the lodge at the west side, while the corn 
he hung at the north side of the entrance. The buffalo hair he hung on 
top of the sacred bundle. In the meantime the people began to grumble 
and wanted the chief to tell the crier to move away from this place. The 
young man walked out through the village and saw that the women and 
girls were enjoying the game of basket and seeds (the dice game), and 
