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sat down and the girl gave them something toeat. In the night Stone- 
Man said: ‘‘The people shall live. I intended that they should all turn 
into stones. I would very much like to have you, my son-in-law, drive 
to me a four or five year old buffalo, so that I can chase it around my 
lodge, or let it chase me around my earth-lodge. I have four quivers 
and many arrows.” | 
It was night, but the boy arose and went out of the lodge and went 
west. He came to the place where he thought the buffalo were. He 
stood up and cried, and said: ‘‘My father, 1 am in need of your help. 
This man who lives in the lodge wants me to drive him a buffalo that 
will fight with him.’’ Then he cried again. The boy opened his eyes 
and there by him stood aman. His hair was long, his face was dirty, 
and he wore a robe that had horns upon it. The man said: ‘‘My son, 
I am the leader of all these Buffalo. The man who lives yonder is 
Stone-Man. I will take you where the stone is that gives him the power 
he possesses. Come with me.’’ The boy followed the man and they 
came toa plateau. There, on the top, wasastone. ‘‘Thisis the stone,”’ 
said the man. ‘‘Now take many hard stones and throw upon the top of. 
this stone until you break off many small pieces. .Then take more stones 
and throw them on the sides of the stone, and you will take the power 
from this stone and the man.’’ The boy did as he was told, and it took 
him all night. ‘‘Now,”’ the man said, “‘let us go back to where the 
Buffalo are, and we will select one for you to run to the lodge.”’ 
It was daylight when they reached the herd. The man uttered a 
loud cry, ‘‘Ho! Ho! Ho!”’ The Buffalo all stood up. They came and 
surrounded the boy and the man. A young Buffalo that was low and 
had thick wool all over it came up. ‘‘This,”’ said the man, “‘is the Buf- 
falo that you are to take. It has great powers; its horns are of flint, so 
that when it fights the man it will kill him. Followit. It will lead you 
to the lodge. When the bull gets to knocking pieces of stone from the 
man, let your errand man pick them up and pound them to dust; then 
let your wife pick up the pieces of stone and throw them into the boiling 
water.’’ The boy followed the Buffalo. Some time in the afternoon 
they reached the lodge. Stone-Man was sitting upon the lodge, watch- 
ing the boy running the Buffalo. Stone-Man stood up and said to him- 
self: ‘‘He is a wonderful young man; but I will kill him after I kill the 
Buffalo. He will never marry my daughter.’’ 
The Buffalo ran around the lodge and stood on the north side with its 
tongue out, as if it were winded. Stone-Man went down from the top 
of the lodge and went in. He took down one of the quivers, took the 
bow out, pulled the string, and found it all right. He ran out to the place 
