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he decides shall be that of sister. Girl discovers that brothers disappear each night, 
returning in morning. They are stars. Finally they decide to take her with them 
and she becomes seventh of the Pleiades. 
31. THE POOR BOY AND THE MUD PONIES. 
When dogs served as burden bearers instead of horses poor boy lives in village, 
to whom only chief shows friendship, for which chief is laughed at. Boy has vivid 
dream of two ponies, and thereafter often makes little mud ponies, and carries them 
in his robe and hides them outside village. He treats them as real, giving them drink 
and food. While sleeping in chief’s lodge he again dreams of ponies and he hears 
Tirawa singing. In morning he goes to hill and repeats song, and some one visits 
him and tells him that Tirawa has given him dance, that he shall be chief, and that 
his ponies will live. Obtaining lariat he goes to his mud ponies, which are now liv- 
ing animals. He leads them to village where people revere them, as they are first 
ever seen. Boy marries chief’s daughter, goes to war on one of his ponies, and 
returns victorious. He founds chief’s society. 
32. THE ORIGIN OF THE BUFFALO BUNDLE. 
Buffalo decide to go to the people. White Spot, the leader, takes his white cow 
and calf and starts. Calf carries bundle and decides distance of each day’s journey. 
They visit people and give them buffalo, which are made holy. They also capture 
bundle. On return white calf gives birth and leaves offspring behind. Little calf 
follows, claiming White Frost as its mother. Mother would not claim it and little 
calf says that her milk will turn black and that there would be no more white 
buffalo. Little calf returns to village of people and becomes a boy and grows up 
to be wonderful, assuming charge of the buffalo bundle. He explains use of fat in 
offerings, use of pipe and meat fork, and that in smoking during bundle ceremonies 
they should use the enemy’s arrows as pipe tampers, thus making them offerings to 
Tirawa; for should they use their fingers in tamping, they would be offering them- 
selves. 
33. THE LAST OF THE WHITE BUFFALO. 
[Similar to preceding tale. The little white calf, being disowned, turns brown.] 
While on a hunt Buffalo people find a white Buffalo bull and cow. The robes 
are used in sacred bundles and no white Buffalo are seen thereafter. 
34. THE WIFE WHO RETURNED FROM SPIRIT LAND. 
Young man is continually on war-path, which he preferstowomen. He finally 
falls in love, but must capture more ponies before he can get married. Hearing 
drumming and singing of warriors, he joins them and goes south toward Comanches. 
The girl pines for the young man, becomes sick, dies, and is buried on hill on plat- 
form which is covered with little mound. Young man rejoins “his people victorious. 
Hearing of girl’s death, he goes to her grave and mourns for many days, but finally 
returns to village for something to eat. He enters lodge, from which smoke issues, 
and sees girl, who has been buried, surrounded with all her belongings. He remains 
there during night, but at her request does not approach her. Thus he visits her on 
