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secrate that Deer to Tirawa.”’ They killed the Deer and the people let 
the man have it who had consecrated it. The man took it to the lodge 
of the priest and there they consecrated the Deer to Tirawa by singing 
sacred songs. Several days after this the people found many Buffalo. 
They surrounded the Buffalo and killed many. Several of the Buffalo 
they consecrated to Tirawa, and so ever after that, whenever the Indians 
were upon the hunt, the Deer was first consecrated and then the Buffalo. 
63. THE UNFAITHFUL BUNDLE KEEPER.’ 
There was a famine, and the people had hardly any corn or buffalo 
meat. The Buffalo were far away in the west at that time, but when 
they found out that the people were hungry for meat, the bulls sat in 
council and decided that the chief’s daughter should lead the Buffalo to 
the village of the people. The Buffalo chief’s daughter put the bundle 
upon her back and led the Buffalo to the village. She was called 
‘““Woman-W ho-Carries-the-Corn-Ear.’”’ When they came near the village 
of the people, the girl divided the Buffalo into four herds. The first 
herd she sent to the south side and the people killed them. The next 
herd she sent on the north side and the people killed them. Again she 
sent another herd on the north side. The fourth herd she told to move 
towards the village, which was directly west. She remained behind with 
the bundle. Many of the last herd were killed and only a few escaped. 
During the chase the girl went into a ravine and gave birth to a calf. 
She left it in the ravine and went on to join her people, who were then 
returning to their home. 
When the calf was left alone, the Wind came to it and sang a song to 
it, telling it that its mother’s name was Snow-White, and that she carried 
the bundle with the corn in it; that her father’s name was Young-Bull- 
with-Spot-on-Forehead. The calf learned the song and then started to 
follow the herd and find its parents. When it caught up with the herd 
it began to sing: 
Something whispered and told me. 
It was the Wind blowing, saying, 
‘*Your mother, she is 
White-Frost-Woman.”’ 
Thanks, thanks, 
Thanks, thanks. 
1 Told by Thief, Kitkehahki. The story illustrates the importance of faithfulness 
and fidelity on the part of the woman who has inherkeeping thesacred bundle. It 
also explains why some give birth to illegitimate children. 
