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man, but when they scattered he was always found sitting upon the 
hill. The Buffalo became furious. They ran to hook him, but every 
time the Buffalo hooked the ground their horns were knocked off. 
The ground around the boy had spread and formed flint rocks, for the 
boy thad stuck ‘his flint stone into the ground and formed flint rock. 
Four times the Buffalo attacked the man, but they could not reach him. 
At last they gave up, and returned to their places in the herd. 
The Buffalo now again sat in council. They decided to send the 
man, Buffalo cow, and calf to the Indian village for presents, such as 
eagle feathers, and native tobacco. The Buffalo said to the man: 
“Your people are hungry. You must go home and we will follow you. 
When the presents have been brought to us, then we will send to your 
people a bunch of buffalo so that they may kill and have meat to eat.” 
The man was glad, and started on his homeward journey; but a Buffalo 
bull got in his way. It had also been decided to turn the man into a 
Buffalo, and the bull was the one to turn him into a Buffalo. The bull 
attacked the man, but the man stood his ground and met the Buffalo, 
so that the man was run over by the Buffalo. The next thing he knew 
he was locking horns with the other Buffalo and to ‘this surprise he 
found that he was now a Buffalo. 
After the man had become a Buffalo he and his wife and the son 
started for their country, the main herd of Buffalo following. After 
several nights’ travel the man told the Buffalo that he and his wife and 
child would start for their country at once. The Buffalo were glad. 
The three, as Buffalo, started on ahead, the rest following slowly. They 
traveled very fast, until at last they came in sight of the village. The 
Buffalo rested in a hollow and the next morning turned themselves 
into human beings and walked on into the village. The man found his 
lodge. People flocked into the lodge to see them, for they were fine- 
looking beings. Their robes were all new. The man told the people to 
keep their distance, for they (the people) smelled very badly. The 
man told of his errand and the people began to come in with eagle 
feathers and native tobacco. The man took all the things, and with 
his wife and son went out. People watched them, and as the three 
went over a hill they became Buffalo again. The three ran until the 
Buffalo came up, and the man gave many presents. Those who re- 
ceived presents were willing to go with the first bunch to be slaughtered 
by the people. So the three ran back to the village, and got there in the 
night. A big fire was made in the Buffalo man’s lodge, chiefs were sent 
for, and the man told them to be ready to go out the next morning; 
that the people would find a bunch of Buffalo on the other side of the 
