362 THE ORIGIN OF MEDICINE CEREMONIES OR POWER. 
things that are used in the Buffalo dance, keep. Save them for our 
children, for they contain much power.’’ The young man took his 
spear and shield, mounted the black Horse, and went into battle. He 
rushed right into the enemy’s lines, was knocked over and killed, and 
the black Horse that he was riding was also killed. His brother-in-law 
upon the dun Horse followed him and he also was killed, and the dun Horse 
was killed. The enemy ran and the people were victorious. When the 
battle was over, the people called the brother-in-law all kinds of names 
for the way he was doing; for it had come to their knowledge that it was 
on account of the boy riding the dun Horse that the other young man 
with powers was killed. The girl kept the lariat rope, and when her 
children were grown, she gave it to one of her sons, who grew up to be 
a medicine-man, and always danced the Wild-Horse dance. 
93. THE ORIGIN OF THE BUFFALO CEREMONY.’ 
A long time ago the Kitkehahki made their village upon the Repub- 
lican River. On the south side was a place where the men played with 
the gambling sticks. Here every morning the young men went who had 
the sticks, and they called for the other young men to come out and 
play. There was one ring that belonged with the sticks and other men 
had rings of their own. These they kept until they themselves played 
the game. There was a young man named Howling-Fox who liked to 
watch the others play the game, but never played himself. He went 
out every day and sat on the northeast side of the playground. One 
day while the men were playing with the sticks, Howling-Fox, who was 
looking on, heard a peculiar noise under the ground where the men were 
playing. He watched and listened. The noise went towards the east. 
In the evening the noise went back toward the west, but he could not 
see anything. 
After the men finished their game they went home, and Howling-Fox 
arose and went with them. That night he had a dream. He dreamed 
that he saw an evil one standing by him, who said: ‘‘My son, I want to 
speak to you. I know you have heard my footsteps. I walked by 
where the men were playing with sticks. To-morrow remain on the 
Told by Mouth-Waving-in-Water, Kitkehahki. This may be regarded as a 
variant of several tales already presented relating to the so-called buffalo game. 
In this story, however, the man becomes a medicine-man through the power of the 
ring, and the story may be, therefore, properly regarded as belonging in this group. 
It is said that the story is told in such a way that the people should be on the look- 
out to keep the pipe filled, in order that those in the lodge might smoke during the 
pauses in the relation of the story. 
