THE BOY WHO MARRIED A BUFFALO. 203 
gave him a calf robe to lie upon. In the morning, when the boy woke 
up, the Buffalo was standing close to him. He followed her all of the 
next day until evening; then saw the tipi. He went into the tipi and 
saw the woman again. The woman called to him this time. The boy 
went and sat by her. The woman asked why he had norobe. He said: 
“IT shot at a Buffalo and my arrow stuck upon the hair and carried the 
arrow away. I love my arrows and can not lose one of them.”’ Then 
she reached and gave him the arrow. She said: ‘‘I am the Buffalo. You 
called me names. I will now take you to my people, for I love you and 
I want you to marry me.’”’ She reached behind her and produced some 
dried meat, which she gave to the boy to eat. After they had eaten he 
lay down with the woman and they slept together. 
_ Next morning, when the boy awoke, he saw the Buffalo standing by 
him. Then they went together until they came to a place where sat an 
_ old, scabby bull. The boy had a bag of tobacco and he gave some of it 
to the bull. The bull was thankful. Finally they entered the village of 
Buffalo. Some of the Buffalo were glad to see the girl and the boy, and 
some were mad. The father of the girl, who was a chief, had a white spot 
upon the forehead. Her uncle had long horns. The long-horned Buf- 
falo was mad and wanted to kill the young man. He made adashat him 
and the boy shot him in the side and killed him. Then the father, with 
the white spot upon the forehead, attacked the boy, and the boy shot 
him also and killed him. All the Buffalo then became mad. 
The young man then sang: ‘“‘I want the ceremony of the Buffalo.” 
The Buffalo ran about the boy and rattled their hoofs, but did not kill him, 
but the boy shot the Buffalo. Every time the Buffalo tried to kill him, he 
turned into a downy feather. Then the Buffalo said: ‘‘My son, we want 
some good smoke.”’ ‘The boy told them that he would give them tobacco, 
and to some of them he would blow whiffs of smoke. The Buffalo then 
told the boy to take a few Buffalo to the village and to have them killed. 
The boy took the Buffalo to the village to the people, and they killed 
them and sacrificed them to the gods. When the Buffalo were killed 
they returned to the herd and told that their meat had been put to 
good use and that they received smoke. When the Buffalo traveled 
toward the east the boy turned into a downy feather and rode upon the 
Buffalo. Finally the boy was turned into a Buffalo and lived with them 
and never returned to his sister. When the young man was turned into 
a Buffalo, soft downy feathers were stuck into the hair of his body. In 
one of their hunts the people killed the young man, took the hide off, 
and found the feathers stuck through the robe; and the people made the 
robe holy. 
