I1I2 TRUE STORIES OF THE HEAVENLY BEINGS. 
began to come out of the ground. The calf started on and the man 
drank out of the hole. Thus the calf took care of the father, but the 
Buffalo cow never tried to help the man, for she was angry with him. 
When they had traveled for four days the calf came to his father and 
said: ‘‘Father, on yonder hills live my people.’”’ The calf went on. 
When they arrived at the hills the man saw in the bottom many Buffalo. 
He saw his wife and child run right through the crowd and disappear. 
The next day the calf came to the father and said: ‘“‘Father, my 
mother is angry with you because you would not come to me when I 
took water to you. My people areangry with you, but I shall stay with 
you. To-day you are to look for my grandfather. There will be put 
in line twenty Buffalo. They will let you pass in front of these Buffalo 
that are to be put into line and then they will let you pass behind. 
When you have come to my grandfather you will see my tongue mark 
upon his hips. As soon as you see that mark you must remember that 
I have made the mark. Then you must lay your hands upon the Buf- 
falo and say that he is your father-in-law. If you fail to find my grand- 
father all the Buffalo will jump on you and kill you.” The next day 
the young man was taken from the hill and placed where the Buffalo 
were. There were placed in line about twenty Buffalo and all looked 
alike. The young man went in front of the Buffalo, but he could not 
tell where his father-in-law stood. Then he went behind and saw one 
bull standing among them with a mark upon his hips, and he knew that 
the mark was made by the tongue of the calf. The man went up to the 
bull and said: ‘‘This is my father-in-law.’’ The Buffalo were surprised 
and said: ‘‘He must be a wonderful man, but we will kill him anyhow.’”’ 
Then the calf said: ‘‘My father, to-morrow you are to hunt my 
grandmother. You are to pass first in the rear and then in front. 
When you have passed in the rear and are going along the line on the 
front side, you will notice one Buffalo cow with two cockle burrs between 
the horns on top of the head. This is your mother-in-law. You must 
touch her and say that this is your mother-in-law.’’ When this was 
done the Buffalo said: ‘‘This must be a wonderful young man.” 
Then the calf went to his father and said: ‘‘Father, to-morrow you 
are to hunt my mother. There will be several Buffalo standing beside 
one another. These Buffalo will all look alike, but when I play with 
my mother I shall put two cockle burrs on the end of the tail, and also 
two at the root of the tail. When you have seen these burrs you may 
know that she is your wife.’ The man passed along in front of the 
Buffalo that he could see her and then in the rear. He found one 
cow with the cockle burrs. He said: ‘‘This is my wife.’’ The Buffalo 
said: ‘‘This must be a wonderful man.’’ 
