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young man went to the tipi, and there in the tipi sat the same woman. 
The woman spoke to the young man, and said, ‘Come in.” The young 
man went into the tipi and sat down. The young man was hungry, 
and looked at the woman pitifully. The woman put her hand under 
her robe and pulled out a lump of pemmican. She handed the pemmi- 
can to the boy, and the boy ate the pemmican. When he was filled he 
hid the pemmican under his arm. The woman spoke to the boy, and 
said, “You may lie with me; cover yourself with part of my robe.” 
So the boy lay down and went to sleep. When he woke up the woman 
was sitting by him, but there was no tipi. The woman then talked to 
the boy, and said: “I ran after you, but I did not intend to kill you. 
My people are Buffalo, and there is a way for them to become real 
animals. I selected you to be the one to turn them to buffalo, and then 
my people will not eat your people any more. My father is the chief 
of the Buffalo, and I learned by listening how your people can be saved. 
I want you to go with me to where my people are, and you will learn 
how my people kill your people. We must go and pass between the 
bulls who are stationed upon high hills. There are four circles of 
Buffalo bulls. We will have to pass through these stations unobserved.” 
They began the journey, and they went between the Buffalo bulls 
who were stationed as sentinels. They went through all the circles 
of the Buffalo, and now the next thing was to enter the tipi where the 
ceremonies were held, for this was the place where the woman’s father 
lived. The woman covered the young man with her robe and they 
entered the tipi. Some of the Buffalo in the tipi, who were awake, said, 
“T smell human flesh,” but others said, “It is because we have just had 
a killing.” So nothing more was said about the smell of human flesh. 
The next day the boy was covered with buffalo robes, and, as all of 
the Buffalo went out, the boy felt safe. 
In the evening the Buffalo came back to the lodge. They were 
human, only they had horns and tails. These people brought in fresh 
meat and it was the human meat. Now they cooked the meat and ate. 
After eating they lighted the fire. It died out, then the girl said, “Let 
us go out, I want to show you something.” So they went out. The 
boy saw arbors everywhere in the village. The girl told him to climb 
upon one of these arbors, and he did so. ‘There he saw fresh meat of 
human and some bodies not yet cut up. The boy was scared. He told 
the Buffalo woman that he did not want to go into the tipi any more. 
The woman said: ‘Now you have seen bodies of people. These peo- 
ple eat your people, and for this reason I have brought you here to 
help your people, so they can overcome the Buffalo and kill them. 
