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How The Buffalo Came To Be
A long time ago the Cheyenne people were always searching for food. The chief called everyone together and said "we are always tired and hungry because we spend so much time looking for food. We must find a better supply of food for everyone.”
The chief sent out a hunting party to find new food, but for several days the hunters found nothing. They camped near a stream that gushed from the hillside and ran down into a large cave. While their leader was deciding what they should do next, some of the hunters played a game of ring and javelin.
During the game, two strangers walked into the camp – one from the north and the other from the south. When they saw each other they were surprised because although they’d never met before, their clothes were almost the same. The two men talked together as they watched the game.
After the game the leader of the hunting party said he had decided they should explore the large cave that the stream ran into at the bottom of the hill. "It may be dangerous" he said, "but you are all brave hunters. Who will go on this journey?” None of the hunters volunteered. Then the two strangers stepped forward and offered to go. The leader accepted and wished them luck.
The strangers pulled their cloaks around them and then climbed down the hillside, splashing through the stream. When they reached the entrance to the cave, they jumped together through the falling water and into the darkness beyond. It was so dark they had to stand very still until their eyes adjusted and they could see shapes in the dim light. They moved around slowly and found what looked like a door in the wall of the cave.
One of the men knocked, and after a minute or so the door opened and an old woman came out. "What do you want, brave ones?” she asked. "We are searching for new food for our people. There is never enough food for everyone all the time.”
"Are you hungry now?” asked the old woman. "Oh yes, kind grandmother, we are very hungry” said the men. The old woman invited them inside her home and took them over to a window in the rock wall. "Look out there!” she pointed. The men saw a wide plain with herds of buffalo grazing, and they couldn’t believe it was real.
The old woman went to her cooking pot and brought them each a bowl of buffalo meat. It was tender and tasty and the men kept eating – and magically the bowls stayed full.
"You should take these bowls back to the people of your village,” said the old woman. "Tell them I will soon send them live buffalo as well.” "Thank you, thank you, kind grandmother,” said the men.
They carefully wrapped the bowls in their cloaks and climbed back up the hillside through the stream. The hunters were waiting for them at the top. When they smelled the food they crowded round excitedly. "What’s that in the bowls? It smells so good” they cried. The two brave strangers dished out meat for everyone to eat and all the hunters were grateful for the new food. They returned to their village with the news about the new food.
Next morning when the people in the village woke up, they saw a herd of buffalo grazing nearby. The hunters began to hunt and soon they had enough meat to last their people for some time.
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