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11. HOW THE PEOPLE ESCAPED THE BUFFALO. 
When people came out through ground they were led by woman, “Mother.” 
Among them were all kinds of animals except buffalo. Monster v with horns like 
buffalo comes out of lake. They call him “Cut-Nose.” As it comes along, buffalo 
come from under him. Buffalo catch up with people and kill some of them. 
People make canyons behind, which buffalo can not cross. Whirlwind comes. 
Mother tells people to give presents and smoke to it. Whirlwind scatters some 
of people. Buffalo with Cut-Nose come behind and people come to big timber. 
Owl and Badger try to ‘make path through timber, but fail. Coyote‘and Dog 
come and open way through. Buffalo and Cut-Nose come again and kill peo- 
ple. They come to deep water. Dogs fail to make pathway, but Loons make 
opening through waters. They come to canyon and Badger makes banks fall, 
after Kingfisher and Mole have failed. They cross and make village near can- 
yon. Mother holds ceremonies for different bundles. Awaho-bundle people come 
last, and they receive all ceremonies. Awaho had been left behind when people 
came out of ground, and they pick up meat offerings to gods left behind. 
12 WHY THE BUFFALO NO LONGER EAT PEOPLE. 
Young man goes to village at night and finds people are Buffalo. They are 
talking about killing people. He finds human head and meat. Hears people are 
to be got out of ground and killed. Near by sees hole cut in side of hill where 
bulls circle around and drive people into cut. He sees people running to cut 
from out of ground. He goes among hills. Strange man gives him bow and 
arrows and tells him to take young man with bows and arrows to kill and scat- 
ter Buffalo. They go to place and attack Buffalo and kill and scatter them, so 
that they become buffalo and never eat people any more. 
13. WHY THE BUFFALO NO LONGER EAT PEOPLE. 
People hungry and chief priest opens bundle and offers gifts to gods for 
them to send buffalo. Buffalo come three days after ceremony and old priest 
tells story. Buffalo are human, but have horns. When they want meat they 
recite ritual. When hollow tree is struck with pole four times people led by 
Cut-Nose come out and are killed, except Cut-Nose, who re-enters tree. Boy 
chased by Buffalo cow. He sees fine-looking woman wearing white buffalo robe. 
She goes west and boy follows. He finds woman at tipi. Woman says she has 
selected him to turn her people into real buffalo, so as not to eat his people. 
They go through four circles of Buffalo-bulls stationed as sentinels and enter 
tipi, where woman’s father lives. She covers young man with her robe. Buffalo 
are human, but have horns and tails. They cook and eat human meat. Girl 
shows him arbors with human bodies, and hollow cottonwood tree, with long 
stick, and tells him its use. Takes him to timber, where during three days he 
makes bows and arrows. Next morning they place bows and arrows at foot of 
tree. Woman tells young man what to do and they hide. When Buffalo come 
towards tree, young man jumps out. Cut-Nose comes out, and then people. 
Young man gives men bows and arrows and tells them to shoot and kill Buffalo. 
Buffalo run towards village, chased by people, and they finally become buffalo. 
Young man and Buffalo woman take bundle from tipi. They marry and teach 
people songs and ceremony of bundle. People become part of Arikara. 
