THE BUFFALO AND RED-SPIDER-WOMAN’S DAUGHTER. 213 
From the root grows a vine with a little squash on it, and the Indians 
call this squash medicine. 
After they had killed Red-Spider-Woman, the Buffalo scattered all 
over the land. That is why the Buffalo were found all over this country. 
61. THE SINGING BUFFALO CALF.’ 
There was a big drove of buffalo traveling among the hills when night 
overtook them. They lay down upon the grass and slept. In the night 
a buffalo calf hada dream. When the calf awoke she let the buffalo know 
by singing. She sang: . 
Grandfather, I had a dream. 
The people are gathering to surround us. 
Truly they will surprise us. 
Truly they will surprise us. 
Grandfather, I had a dream. 
One spoke up and said, 
‘““They have dropped and are sitting down.’ 
Truly they will surprise us. 
Truly they will surprise us. 
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Grandfather, I had a dream. 
Some one among us spoke and said, 
‘The people are gathering to surround us,”’ 
Truly they will surprise us. 
Truly they will surprise us. 
Grandfather, I had a dream. 
They drove you near the village, 
And then the playful boys killed you. 
Truly they will surprise us. 
Truly they will surprise us. 
Grandfather, I had a dream. 
Some one spoke and pronounced, 
‘““Mother holy,’’ consecrating her. 
Truly they will surprise us. 
Truly they will surprise us. 
When the buffalo heard the calf singing, they told her not to sing that 
way, but to go to sleep; that there were no peoplein the country. But 
the calf kept on singing. By daylight the people had already sur- 
rounded the buffalo. They gave a yell and the buffalo all jumped up. 
The little calf that was singing ran away. The calf’s mother was the 
1Told by Thief, Kitkehahki. The calf giving warning to the buffalo taught 
the people that even children may know of the approach of the enemy or be aware 
of impending danger, and so they give heed and pay respect to the warning of 
children, just as they do to the warning of the old men of the tribe. 
