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on hill, has vision, goes to his grandmother and tells her that he is about to make 
journey. Sheasks for four additional bodies, which he succeeds in securing. As he 
is leaving he instructs witch as to care of dogs, one of them to be kept tied all the 
time. He travels many days without food and encounters two buffalo, one of which 
he shoots. As he is about to eat one of kidneys, Buffalo speaks to him, directing him 
to put back piece of meat he has in his hand and to look away. Turning back, he 
sees woman wearing new buffalorobe. She restores life to fallen Buffalo. They fol- 
low boy to hollow, where they turn into women to secure from him details of secret 
of his ability to kill human beings and elude pursuit. Women start to return to their 
country as Buffalo, and boy follows. At night Buffalo become women again and 
obtain further details of his secret. He even relates how he may be killed. They 
approach Buffalo village, where he sees Buffalo playing with game sticks. He is 
warned by old Buffalo that Buffalo wish to kill him. Old Buffalo is chief, who lives 
in west and promises to help boy. Boy follows him, and he instructs him that he is to 
dive four times in pond in front of tipi of Buffalo who has white spot on his fore- 
head and who is especially desirous of killing boy. He does so, and White Spot 
refuses to take his usual bath. Boy is challenged to smoke contest with White 
Spot, but is directed by Buffalo chief as to secret of victory. In contest they are to 
see who can cause smoke to ascend the higher. Boy wins, as smoke from his pipe 
ascends on one side of the tree and comes down onother. Next, drinking contest is 
proposed, the object being todrain pond. Again boy is assisted, and during contest 
uses horns given him by Buffalo chief, which enable him to bevictorious. On fol- 
lowing day runners are to race, but the Buffalo on boy’s side win, as he lashes them 
with his bow string. Boy now strings his bow and kills several Buffalo, but White 
Spot’s friends attack him and he disappears. Then White Spot appeals to Buffalo 
women as to how to take boy, who tell him that he keeps ahead by magicof his bow, 
which is black snake. They finally draw near him and he hides in bunch of grass, 
from which he is blown by bull. Boy disappears and hides in pond, which Buffalo 
drink dry. As Buffalo blows his breath on mud hole in center, boy jumps on dry 
land and then disappears. He goes totimber and climbs high tree. Boy urinates 
in his robe, drops of which fall upon bulls, who think it is rain because boy has been 
killed, for they see no clouds. Presently bulls discover boy and they select five bulls 
to butt down tree, first trying to lift it up by the roots. As tree begins to totter, 
boy yells. His call is heard by his dogs at home, and his grandmother releases 
chief dog, who starts after boy, followed by others. Dogs drive away Buffalo, tree 
falls, and boy is unhurt. Boy tells his grandmother to cut up meat and that there- 
after she should not eat human flesh. They return home and boy tells his grand- 
mother to go north with bag of seeds, and to plant seeds, and to depend on them for 
her food. He releases his dog and puts on his costume. Old woman goes north. 
Boy goes south; is thereafter known as great warrior, and goes to land of the sun. 
Buffalo in council decide that they have been fairly beaten and that henceforth 
people should smoke, offering Buffalo whiffs of smoke; that they were beaten in 
the water contest and henceforth people should make spoons from their horns; 
that in race they were beaten and that henceforth people should be superior to 
them in running; and that they should seek grass when hungry and water when 
thirsty, so that people might find them easily; but that when people have multiplied 
they should use buffalo robes for children to lie upon and urinate upon, as boy had 
urinated upon buffalo. White Spot is killed, as are buffalo girls, and they go to 
north, where they now stand as minor gods and send buffalo to the people. 
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