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go and prepare the inside of the lodge for you.” Howling-Fox entered 
his tipi and lay down. 
In the morning he invited the chief. When the chief entered the tipi, 
Howling-Fox said: ‘‘I have been away, my brother. In a few days 
your people will find plenty to eat.” The chief was pleased, and he 
ordered the lodge to be finished. After the lodge was completed, the 
chief notified Howling-Fox that the lodge was finished. That night 
Howling-Fox went out to the place where he was to meet the woman. 
The woman told Howling-Fox that she had brought some bulls with her 
for the people. She went to the new lodge with Howling-Fox. She 
entered the lodge, which she was glad to see. She told Howling-Fox that 
she was going away and that she would come again. She told him 
how to fix the lodge, for she was to bring her father, the chief of all the 
Buffalo. She said, ‘‘I want my father to receive the native tobacco and 
eagle feathers from you.”’ Buffalo-Woman then went away. The next 
day Howling-Fox sent word to the chief to tell all the people to keep 
away from the lodge. Howling-Fox had a big fire made in the fire- 
place and stayed in the lodge by himself. Towards evening the fire 
went out, and as night came he took up ashes and scattered them around 
the fireplace, so that they completely encircled it and extended on through 
the entrance. 
In the night Howling-Fox left the lodge and met Buffalo- Woman. 
Soon another Buffalo came; it was the bull. He sat down in the west. 
Howling-Fox then filled the pipe and lit it. He blew a few whiffs to the 
place where the bull sat. After he had finished smoking, the bull 
grunted. Buffalo-Woman spoke and said: ‘‘My son, my father is 
satisfied. He says that you are to tell the chief and the people that 
they shall kill some Buffalo; that the Buffalo are thankful for the return 
of the girl.’”’ The bull went out and another came in for smoke. The 
man filled his pipe again and gavea few whiffs to this bull, who promised 
Buffalo to the people the next morning. The bull left the lodge and 
another came in. Howling-Fox stayed up all that night, making smoke 
for the bulls that came into the lodge. 
Early in the morning Buffalo-Woman gave some dried meat to 
Howling-Fox. Howling-Fox invited the chief and the crier. The 
crier put the kettle over the fire that he had made. He then cut up the 
dried meat and placed it in the kettle. The chief was surprised to see 
the hoofprints upon the ashes that were scattered upon the ground. 
He was more than surprised when Howling-Fox placed the dried meat 
before the crier. When the meat was cooked, the crier went after the 
braves, who, when they reached the entrance of the lodge, were surprised 
