THE POOR BOY WHO TURNED INTO AN EAGLE. 175 
After a while she came to the home of the Buffalo. There were arbors 
and other places as if people had camped there. There was a creek 
on one side, and upon the side of a hill were many Buffalo. When the 
girl went to them they said: ‘‘We can help you. We know who this 
bird is. Although he is your uncle, he is not a human being. His only 
desire and wish is that he have human flesh. He is Morning-Star. 
Morning-Star is the chief of all the gods in the heavens. The other gods 
are willing that animals and buffalo meat should be offered to them, 
_ but Morning-Star wants human flesh offered to him. We might kill 
ourselves and place ourselves on these high hills near the streams of 
water, but he would know that we are trying to catch him. He wants 
human flesh. We will help you to catch your uncle, and you yourself 
shall catch him. Now watch. We will send big droves of buffalo into 
this stream of water. Many of them will get stuck in the mud and die. 
Others will drown. There will be many dead people. It will seem so, 
but they will not be dead. The animals and the birds in the air will all 
come together and they will want to eat of the buffalo, but they must 
wait for the golden Eagle. We will now take you. We will cut you 
open, and put your bowels on one side. Your breast shall be torn open. 
The golden Eagle will come and will want to eat the fat from your heart. 
When he lights upon your breast, and reaches for your heart, then his 
time hascome. ‘Then is the time for you to take hold of his legs. Then 
you shall have your uncle back.” The Buffalo gave commands for the 
droves to run into the streams of water. Some went into the mire and 
into the mud and others were drowned. There were apparently many 
dead buffalo along the stream of water. Near the village was a little 
arbor and in this they placed the girl. They cut her open and put her 
bowels to one side. Her breast was torn open and she lay like one dead. 
The old buffalo went upon the hill and sat down as if they were sleeping. 
After a while the magpies came, then the crows came, and then the coy- 
otes. Other animals came creeping. All kinds of birds came, and a 
large flock of eagles came and lighted upon the dead buffalo, but they 
dared not touch oreat any of themeat. After a while the birds screamed. 
Then a big noise of wind came, and the golden Eagle lighted upon the 
ground. It sat upon thearbor. It looked down and saw the dead person 
in the arbor. All the animals listened to the golden Eagle. He sang: 
I am now willing 
To eat this person lying there. 
I am now willing 
To eat this person lying there. 
As soon as he had sung that, all the animals and the birds began to 
eat of the buffalo. The golden Eagle flew into the arbor, sat upon the 
