124 TRUE STORIES OF THE HEAVENLY BEINGS. 
The people heard him singing and they wondered what the song meant. 
While the boy was singing, a mysterious voice said: ‘‘This song was 
given to you by Tirawa. Tirawa has given you a certain kind of a dance. 
You should become a chief. Go this night to where your mud ponies 
are and there you will find two live ponies.”” The boy went back into 
the village, to the lodge of the chief, and borrowed a lariat rope. He 
then ran to the place where his mud ponies were. When he arrived 
there he saw two ponies. The two ponies came to the boy and he caught 
both of them. The boy took the ponies to the village and tied them just 
outside of the village. He went into the lodge of the chief and told him 
that Tirawa had given him two ponies. Others, when they heard, said that 
the boy made the ponies out of mud, and that the mud ponies had turned 
into ponies, but the boy himself believed that Tirawa had given them to 
him. The people went out to see the ponies and almost worshiped 
them, for they were the first that they had ever seen. 
The boy finally became the chief’s son-in-law. He then went on 
the war-path alone upon one of his ponies. In a few days he brought 
back many other ponies. Then he sat down and sang the song that they 
had heard him singing on the first night.! The young men came from 
everywhere in the village to listen and be near him, for they knew that he 
was making up his mind to go again on the war-path. The young man 
led out a big war party and brought back many ponies. It was not long 
until he became a chief. He then started a society known as the Chief’s 
Society and he was at the head of it. The songs which he introduced 
were the songs which he heard while on the hill. The songs and the 
dance were kept up by the Chaui and Pitahauirat. This dance became 
extinct in 1887 when Chief-Sun died. He was the keeper of the songs and 
the dance. 
32. ORIGIN OF THE BUFFALO BUNDLE.’ 
A long time ago the Buffalo agreed to go to the home of the people. 
The leader of the herd was a bull who had white spots on him. The cow 
to whom he was married was also spotted white. On their journey the 
cow gave birth to a female calf, and the calf wasthe color of snow. The 
little white calf carried the sacred bundle. Each morning when they 
were about to start on the day’s journey, the calf decided how far they 
should go. They came to a place where the people were, and they gave 
1 The words of this song have no meaning; the music will be found in Part II. 
*Told by Mouth-Waving-in-Water, Kitkehahki. This story, as its title in- 
dicates, relates to the origin of the so-called Buffalo bundle. The story especially 
teaches that respect should be shown to the sacred bundle. 
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