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and gives one piece to the first young man, the other to the first young 
woman. The boy greases his body, then hands the piece of fat to the 
next young man. After all of the young men have greased themselves, 
the fat is given to the two priests in the west, who also grease themselves. 
The fat that is given to the girl is also handed down to all the girls, who 
grease their faces, bodies, and hair. After they have used it they return 
it to the two priests in the west and they grease themselves. The two 
pieces of fat are then placed in front of the chief. The chief puts them 
together, then tells the people that Tirawa gave them this dance because 
the people were hungry. He tells them the following: 
‘The young man who had charge of the dance had given it and gone 
away, and left the people starving. He was guided by the Moon toa 
hilly country, and there on a hillside he was taken into a cave, and in 
the cave was a tipi and outside sat an old woman, who said: ‘I am the 
Moon. I brought you here. I know the people are in need of food. 
Tirawa promised them that he would give them buffalo. Buffalo are 
scarce upon the earth, so we will have to send to them some buffalo that 
live under the ground. Take these pieces of fat and let the people eat 
or chew on it and get the grease out of it, and then they will feel better.’ 
The young man returned and gave the people the fat, and everybody 
chewed alittle of it. The young man went back into the cave and there 
found a young girl sitting outside of an earth-lodge. In front of her sat 
a basket with plum seeds init. To her right were the gambling sticks. 
When the young woman saw him she took up the sticks and the ring 
and gave them to him, saying: ‘Take this. Let the men of your 
people play with these sticks, so that they will not think about eating.’ 
Then she picked up the basket with the plum seeds and said: ‘Take 
this to the women. Let them play with the basket and seeds, so 
they will not think about eating. Take these two pieces of dried meat 
and gather the children and let them eat of it. The buffalo are far away. 
It will be some time before they can go out of the earth.’ The young man 
returned to the people and gave the men the gambling sticks and the 
women the basket and seeds, and the children he gathered and gave them 
a piece of meat, so that they were filled. Several days afterward he went 
down to the pond and saw the same woman standing in the pond. She 
told him to go and stand outside of the entrance of the cave while she 
called the buffalo. She hallooed as follows: 
‘*Lihoo-o00-00-00! 
Lihoo-oo-00-00! 
Lihoo-oo0-00-o00! 
Lihoo-oo0-00-00! 
