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99. THE BUFFALO MEDICINE WAR SHIELD. 
Man on hill is envious, seeing that boy is talking with girls, for girls have refused 
to talk with him. He cries on second hill farther away from village, and then 
wanders off and remains all winter. He returns inspring and does not enter village, 
for he hasnohome. He sets out after herd of buffalo, seeing among them woman. 
He asks her to marry him. He goes with her to buffalo village and woman’s uncle 
tells him that he wants presents of scalp and blue beads. Boy returns to his village, 
enters chief’s tipi, obtains presents, and offers them to buffalo. They are thankful 
and give boy shield, which he is to wear upon his left shoulder. Boy returns with 
his wife to his village. It is attacked by enemy. He uses his shield in battle and 
kills many. He shows greater bravery in second and third attacks upon village. 
On fourth attack in his excitement he wears his shield on his right shoulder. He is 
wounded and taken home to die. In night buffalo bull makes water in front of his 
tipi. In morning boy rubs some of mud over his face and returns and lies down, 
whereupon many buffalo roll about in his tipi. Great dust appears. Boy rolls in 
dust again and becomes man with buffalo robe on his shoulder. He is known there- 
after as wonderful man. Buffalo warn him never to put buffalo horn or hoof in 
fire. Long time after, careless person, not knowing of restriction, throws spoon into 
fire in his tipi and man dies. 
100. THE MAN WHO MARRIED A DEER. 
Young man on hunt goes to Pahuk, where he associates with woman who turns 
into deer. Angry because he has been deceived, he shoots at deer several times, but 
can not kill it. He follows deer to swamp, where it becomes woman. They lie 
together, and both become deer and wander over country, and woman gives birth to 
two fawns. In meantime she teaches him deer power. Heis now able to transform 
himself into deer or back into man at his will. She takes him to his people and he 
enters medicine-lodge and asks permission to perform. When they giveit he returns 
to his wife, and she and two fawns turn into human beings. They enter village, but 
odor of people is offensive. Man and his wife and child enter medicine-lodge. 
They borrow pair of deer antlers, sing, man places antlers on his head and he becomes 
deer. Next, he puts fawn skin over his boy and boy turns into fawn. Then he 
turns fawn into boy. At end of performance medicine-men acknowledge his great 
power and make him their leader. They live with people many years. Woman 
tells her husband that she must now leave him. She becomes black-tailed deer and 
runs off. Manisunhappy. His children grow up and both marry, his boy possess- 
ing great power. When man sees that his children are happy, he goes into timber 
and never returns. 
101. THE DEER DANCE. 
Man wanders away from village to mountains, and on hill in dream sees black- 
painted man standing by him wearing buffalo robe. He tells him he is errand 
man of deer society, and that he is to take him to their lodge. Man looks 
around and sees no one, but in sky sees Raven, who has been speaking to him. 
Raven directs him to top of mountains, where he hears great noise. At entrance of 
lodge man addresses him and tells him it is he who has spoken to him in vision, and 
that he had become raven, and as man seems afraid to go to animals’ lodge he has 
