THE GIRL WHOCALLED THE BUFFALO. 231 
she?’’ Hoof-Shield told the birds that some one else might have been 
there and lost her. The Crow looked sharply at Hoof-Shield and said, 
“You are the one who lost our sister and you must help to return her.” 
Hoof-Shield said he would do the best he could; that he would get some 
of his friends to hunt. 
The next day the birds were again sent out. They were told not to 
return that day unless they should find the girl They flew away and 
in the evening they began to come in, but they had not found the girl. 
There was one bird that did not return that day. It was a Blackbird. 
The next day the Blackbird came in and said, ‘‘The Buffalo are playing 
with the girl.” There was then a noise, for the birds were glad to know 
that their sister was alive. The next day they selected an Eagle, a Hawk, 
a Crow, and the Blackbird to go where the Buffalo were playing with the 
girl. They flew away to the west until they came to the place where the 
Buffalo were playing with the sticks. The birds looked down and saw 
the Buffalo throwing the ring and throwing sticks at it. They knocked 
the ring around until the birds were mad, for they knew that the ring 
was thegirl. They called it names, but when they hooked it they would 
say, “I have had connection with her.”’ 
The birds went back to the tipi and reported to the other birds the 
treatment the girl was receiving. The animals also came into the tipi. 
Coyote then said, ‘‘ Bring some pine juice and spread the stuff all over me.”’ 
The animals went and got some pine juice. This they spread all over 
Coyote, except his feet. Coyote told them to put plenty of the juice on 
each side of his neck, so that his neck would look as though matter were 
running from it. 
Then animals and birds were chosen to go with Coyote to rescue the 
maiden. Coyote was to be leader; the Badger came next, for he was 
to dig holes for Coyote to run through; then came the Rabbit and the 
Fox. Among the birds selected were the Prairie-Chicken, Crow, Black- 
bird, Magpie, Hawk, and Eagle. They went on together. The Black- 
bird told them where to go. When they had gone a certain distance the 
Badger was told to dig for the Fox. The Badger made the hole. Then 
they went on, and again at another place the Badger dug another hole 
for the Rabbit. They went on until they were near the place where the 
Buffalo were, and then the Badger dug again for Coyote. The birds and 
animals then stopped, but Coyote went to where the Buffalo were play- 
ing with the sticks and the ring. Coyote went up and sat around where 
they were playing. Some of the bulls made fun of Coyote and he pre- 
tended that he wassick. Coyote went close, and one young bull came up 
