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but as you see now Tirawa has given me plenty. Though the people 
through me have plenty, they shall yet have more. Even though the 
people threw me away, yet they are my people. Tell them to come. 
Tell them I have plenty of meat for them. They shall come and they 
shall be my people.’’ He told his mother to take some dried meat, wrap 
it up, and give it to the man, so that he could take the meat to his people. 
The man did not stay over night, but returned at once to the camp. 
When the people heard of the women and the strange boy and the abun- 
dance of food they traveled fast. When they arrived the man who sent 
the women away came and cried, and the boy went out and said: “I 
am nowaman. Do not cry. You shall learn many things. Tell the 
people to come and make their home close by. Tell the women to come, 
so that these women may give them meat.”’ The chief of the people 
then told the uncle to ask the boy to come and make his home with him; 
that he had a daughter who was old enough to be married, but the boy 
said, ‘‘No; I must feed the people first.”” He had the people make him a 
new tipi, and when they had finished it he hung the bundle which his 
father had promised him in the tipi, and placed the skull on the other side 
of the fireplace. Then he sat down and told the people, through the 
chief, that he was going to send for buffalo. On the fourth night he 
told the men to get on their ponies, go out, and surround the buffalo. 
They did and returned with much meat. The boy called the buffalo four 
times. After that he said, ‘‘I must go on the war-path.”” The boy went 
and came back with many ponies. Then the boy married the chief’s 
daughter, and he lived until he was a very old man and then died. 
23. THE MAN WHO CALLED THE BUFFALO. 
(See Abstracts.) 
[Told by White-Horse, the leading medicine-man of the Pitahauirat and the 
owner of the stone-man’s medicine. This is the Pitahauirat variant of Nos. 21 
and 22.] 
24. THE WONDERFUL BOY.* 
A long time ago there were no other people known in the world but 
the Skidi. The Skidi were living somewhere on the Loupe River. In 
the village were many people. Different games were given to the people. 
The women also had different games which were given to them. Among 
the games was a stick and ring game. There was one young man. who 
was well-to-do, and who had many things to bet with the gaming sticks. 
1Told by Good-Eagle, a Skidi medicine-man. This tale is somewhat similar 
to the preceding and may be considered as the Skidi variant. 
