All the young men and those who were brave and generous went thither. They all gave him clothing and good horses. His wife’s father made him the head chief.
“Make ye a tent for him in the center,” said the old chief.
They set up a tent for him in the center. They finished it.
“The people did not eat. As they sat waiting for you to appear, the nation did not eat. You came back when they were just removing camp,” said the old chief.
“Ho!” said the one who had just reached home. “Let two old men go as criers.”
So the criers shouted: “The chiefs daughter’s husband says that you will rest tomorrow. He says you will not go in any direction whatever.”
The next day he commanded those who had come back on horseback to act as scouts. And the scouts came back very soon; because by means of the iron rod which he had asked of his father, he made a great many buffaloes very quickly. He spoke of surrounding them. They shot down many of the buffaloes. He went to take part in surrounding them.
His wife said, “I desire to go to see them surround the herd. I must go to see the buffaloes. When they are killed, I will be quite likely to come back.”
When they killed the buffaloes she was coming back; the wife stood on the hill. Her husband came to that place.
“Though I killed the buffaloes, they will cut them up,” he said. They who surrounded them reached home.