Schmidt, Robert. "Buffalo Jump." 2008. Photograph. Newspaper Rock. 11 November 2008.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
ORIGIN OF THE BUFFALO DANCE
When the buffalo first came onto land, they would not let the people trick them into jumping off cliffs to be killed and eaten. For this reason the people would go cold and hungry all winter long. However, one day the daughter of a great hunter went to the bottom of a giant cliff and sang up to the buffalo that if they would provide her village with a wedding feast she would take their greatest warrior as her husband. Immediately after she finished singing, some buffalo jumped off the cliff and laid dead on the ground, along with the buffalo's greatest warrior who had come to take the girl as his wife. The girl's father found that she was gone, and tracked her to where the buffalo had taken her. Meanwhile, the girl was sitting next to her husband, who asked her to go to get him a drink of water. Her father met her on the other side of the hill where she went to get water, and he asked her to go with him back to their village, however she couldn't leave right away. When she came back to give the water to her husband, he snorted and scared all the buffalo, and the girl's father was trampled to death by the stampede of frightened buffalo. The girl's husband pitied her and said that if she could bring her father back to life she could go home with him. The girl sang the reviving song her grandmother had taught her and her father came back to life. The buffalo were amazed and said that if she taught them the reviving song, then they would teach her the buffalo dance that would ensure a good hunt when they went to kill buffalo.
Welker, Glenn. “Origin of the Buffalo Dance.” Creation/Migration/Origin Stories. 1996.
7 November 2008.
When the buffalo first came onto land, they would not let the people trick them into jumping off cliffs to be killed and eaten. For this reason the people would go cold and hungry all winter long. However, one day the daughter of a great hunter went to the bottom of a giant cliff and sang up to the buffalo that if they would provide her village with a wedding feast she would take their greatest warrior as her husband. Immediately after she finished singing, some buffalo jumped off the cliff and laid dead on the ground, along with the buffalo's greatest warrior who had come to take the girl as his wife. The girl's father found that she was gone, and tracked her to where the buffalo had taken her. Meanwhile, the girl was sitting next to her husband, who asked her to go to get him a drink of water. Her father met her on the other side of the hill where she went to get water, and he asked her to go with him back to their village, however she couldn't leave right away. When she came back to give the water to her husband, he snorted and scared all the buffalo, and the girl's father was trampled to death by the stampede of frightened buffalo. The girl's husband pitied her and said that if she could bring her father back to life she could go home with him. The girl sang the reviving song her grandmother had taught her and her father came back to life. The buffalo were amazed and said that if she taught them the reviving song, then they would teach her the buffalo dance that would ensure a good hunt when they went to kill buffalo.
Welker, Glenn. “Origin of the Buffalo Dance.” Creation/Migration/Origin Stories. 1996.
7 November 2008.
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