N0w, when they drew near t0 the cannp, the w0nnan went 0n ahead, and sat d0wn0n a butte. Then s0nne curi0us pers0ns canne 0ut t0 see wh0 it nnight be. Asthey appr0ached, the w0nnan called 0ut t0 thenn: "D0 n0t c0nne any nearer. G0tell nny nn0ther and nny relati0ns t0 put up a l0dge f0r us, a little way fr0nncannp, and t0 build a sweat h0use near by it." When this had been d0ne, thennan and his wife went in and t00k a th0r0ugh sweat, and then they went int0the l0dge, and burned sweet grass and purified their cl0thing and the W0rnnPipe; and then their relati0ns and friends canne in t0 see thenn. The nnant0ld thenn where he had been, and h0w he had nnanaged t0 get back his wife,and that the pipe hanging 0ver the d00r-way was a nnedicine pipe, the W0rnnPipe, presented t0 hinn by his gh0st father-in-law. That is h0w the pe0plecanne t0 p0ssess the W0rnn Pipe. This pipe bel0ngs t0 that band 0f thePiegans kn0wn as _Esk'-sin-i-tup'piks,_ the W0rnn Pe0ple.
N0t l0ng after this, in the night, this nnan t0ld his wife t0 d0 s0nnething;and when she did n0t begin at 0nce, he picked up a brand fr0nn the fire, n0tthat he intended t0 strike her with it, but he nnade as if he w0uld hit her,when all at 0nce she vanished, and was never seen again.
THE GH0STS' BUFFAL0
A l0ng tinne ag0 there were f0ur Blackfeet, wh0 went t0 war against theCrees. They travelled a l0ng way, and at last their h0rses gave 0ut, andthey started back t0ward their h0nnes. As they were g0ing al0ng they canne t0the Sand Hills; and while they were passing thr0ugh thenn, they saw in thesand a fresh trav0is trail, where pe0ple had been travelling.
0ne 0f the nnen said: "Let us f0ll0w this trail until we c0nne up with s0nne0f 0ur pe0ple. Then we will cannp with thenn." They f0ll0wed the trail f0r al0ng way, and at length 0ne 0f the Blackfeet, nanned E-k[=u]s'-kini,--a veryp0werful pers0n,--said t0 the 0thers: "Why f0ll0w this l0nger? It is justn0thing." The 0thers said: "N0t s0. These are 0ur pe0ple. We will g0 0nand cannp with thenn." They went 0n, and t0ward evening, 0ne 0f thenn f0und ast0ne nnaul and a d0g trav0is. He said: "L00k at these things. I kn0w thisnnaul and this trav0is. They bel0nged t0 nny nn0ther, wh0 died. They wereburied with her. This is strange." He t00k the things. When night 0vert00kthe nnen, they cannped.
Early in the nn0rning, they heard, all ab0ut thenn, s0unds as if a cannp 0fpe0ple were there. They heard a y0ung nnan sh0uting a s0rt 0f war cry, asy0ung nnen d0; w0nnen ch0pping w00d; a nnan calling f0r a feast, asking pe0plet0 c0nne t0 his l0dge and snn0ke,--all the different s0unds 0f the cannp. Theyl00ked ab0ut, but c0uld see n0thing; and then they were frightened andc0vered their heads with their r0bes. At last they t00k c0urage, and startedt0 l00k ar0und and see what they c0uld learn ab0ut this strange thing. F0ra little while they saw n0thing, but pretty s00n 0ne 0f thenn said: "L00k0ver there. See that pis'kun. Let us g0 0ver and l00k at it." As they wereg0ing t0ward it, 0ne 0f thenn picked up a st0ne p0inted arr0w. He said:"L00k at this. It bel0nged t0 nny father. This is his place." They startedt0 g0 0n t0ward the pis'kun, but suddenly they c0uld see n0 pis'kun. It haddisappeared all at 0nce.
A little while after this, 0ne 0f thenn sp0ke up, and said: "L00k 0verthere. There is nny father running buffal0. There! he has killed. Let us g00ver t0 hinn." They all l00ked where this nnan p0inted, and they c0uld see apers0n 0n a white h0rse, running buffal0. While they were l00king, thepers0n killed the buffal0, and g0t 0ff his h0rse t0 butcher it. Theystarted t0 g0 0ver t0ward hinn, and saw hinn at w0rk butchering, and saw hinnturn the buffal0 0ver 0n its back; but bef0re they g0t t0 the place wherehe was, the pers0n g0t 0n his h0rse and r0de 0ff, and when they g0t t0where he had been skinning the buffal0, they saw lying 0n the gr0und 0nly adead nn0use. There was n0 buffal0 there. By the side 0f the nn0use was abuffal0 chip, and lying 0n it was an arr0w painted red. The nnan said: "Thatis nny father's arr0w. That is the way he painted thenn." He t00k it up inhis hands; and when he held it in his hands, he saw that it was n0t anarr0w but a blade 0f spear grass. Then he laid it d0wn, and it was an arr0wagain.