44 TRADITIONS OF THE ARIKARA. 
and you will hear shouting. As soon as you hear shouting, wailing and 
screaming, pick up the bows and arrows and give them to the men and 
tell them to shoot at the Buffalo. Do not give any bows and arrows 
to the first man who comes out, for his name is Cut-Nose, and he it is 
who helps the Buffalo. Give out the bows and arrows, then pick up 
your own and go to killing the Buffalo. As soon as the Buffalo see 
that your people are killing them they will run. Keep right after them, 
and scatter them as much as possible.” The boy placed all the bows 
around the tree. Then he and the woman hid under the bank. 
As the sun was coming up in the east the rattles were laid down. 
Singing was stopped. There was mourning; everybody seemed to be 
crying. ‘Then the Buffalo all came to the ceremonial lodge and stood 
around until the four priests came out, who walked towards the tree. 
The young man jumped out from his hiding place. The first man, 
whose name was Cut-Nose, came out with a warwhoop. The people 
came up next in the hollow tree. There seemed to be a strong current 
coming out from the hollow tree, blowing the people up and out of 
the tree. But as the people came out, especially men, this young man 
picked up bows and arrows, and placed them in the men’s hands, and 
said: ‘“‘Make haste; shoot the Buffalo. Kall them. Do not be afraid 
of them.” As each of the men came out, the young man handed him 
bow and arrows, and told him to shoot and kill the Buffalo. It was 
not long until the young man had a large company of men with bows 
and arrows killing the Buffalo. As the Buffalo ran towards their vil- 
lage some one shouted and said: “Get some of the meat! Carry it 
with you,and whenever we stop running we can have something to eat!” 
So the Buffalo people ran and picked up human meat and each placed 
the meat they picked up, under the arm, and ran. The human meat 
that they placed under their arms became a part of their flesh, for the 
people ran after them so closely that they finally became buffalo. (This 
is the reason why the Arikara used to cut the meat from under the 
shoulder and throw it away. This meat the Arikara would not eat.) 
The young man and the Buffalo woman now went to the tipi of 
the bundle and took the bundle. The people came back and burned 
everything that was in the village. Then they made a new camp and 
the Buffalo woman, who was now married to the young man, taught 
the people the songs and ceremony that go with the bundle. So these 
people became a part of the Arikara. 

When this story is told, everybody keeps quiet. 
