Blackfeet Indian Stories by George Bird Grinnell
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people this dance and these songs, and while they are dancing it let
them wear a bull's head and a robe. Those who are to be of the Bulls Society shall wear them." When the poor man returned with his daughter, all the people were glad. Then after a time he called a council of the chiefs and told them the things that had happened. The chiefs chose certain young men to be Bulls, and the man taught them the dance and the song, and told them everything that they should do. So began the Bull Society. THE OTHER SOCIETIES For a long time the buffalo had not been seen. Every one was hungry, for the hunters could find no food for the people. A certain man, who had two wives, a daughter, and two sons, as he saw what a hard time they were having, said, "I shall not stop here to die. To-morrow we will move toward the mountains, where we may kill elk and deer and sheep and antelope, or, if not these, at least we shall find beaver and birds, and can get them. In this way we shall have food to eat and shall live." Next morning they caught their dogs and harnessed them to the travois and took their loads on their backs and set out. It was still winter, and they travelled slowly. Besides, they were weak from hunger and could go only a short distance in a day. The fourth night came, and they sat in their lodge, tired and hungry. No one |
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