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and as they come with the sticks and the ring, go where the ring stops, and 
in the center take some dust, go home, and let the man smell the dust; 
then rub it over his head, arms, and legs and he will get well.”’ 
As the tribe increased, other people prepared meat and had the game. 
Young boys saw the game and they made sticks and rings and they had 
a game oftheirown. But this particular man did a sleight-of-hand. He 
took the black stick into the medicine-man’s lodge, and after passing it 
around for examination he took it and put his mouth on the end, put the 
bowl of a pipe that was lit at the other end, and drew the smoke from the 
bowl. The stick was passed around and no hole could be found. 
98, THE LOST WARRIOR AND THE SINGING BUFFALO MEDICINE.’ 
There were many warriors who were on the war-path, and as they 
were going into the Cheyenne country they were overtaken by the enemy. 
One man slipped off from his pony and hid in the thick brush. The 
enemy passed him and went on after the others. The man came out from 
his hiding place and went on towards home. He thought that he was 
lost. He cried and called to all the gods in the heavens and to all the 
animal gods. Just a little before daylight, as he was climbing a high 
hill, he heard some one singing. He went onand when he had climbed 
the hill he heard the singing coming from the east. He lookedand sawa 
Buffalo cow running towards him and snorting as she came. The man 
was frightened, but the Buffalo said: ‘‘Do not be afraid. I was sing- 
ing as I loped along over these hills; you heard the song, and I will teach 
it to you and you will start up a dance that will be called the Big-Warrior 
dance.”” The Buffalo and the man sat down together on top of the hill 
and they looked toward the east. 
As the sun came up the Buffalo galloped off towards the east, sing- 
ing the same song: 
There coming, coming yonder, 
There coming, coming yonder, 
There coming, coming yonder, 
There coming, coming yonder, 
There coming, coming yonder, 
There coming, coming yonder, 
There coming, coming yonder, 
The buffalo is coming, coming yonder. 
1Told by Thief, Kitkehahki. The story teaches that when traveling over the 
country one should be attentive, because at such times the animals might desire 
to teach them songs to be used in medicine ceremonies, etc. 
