Make arrows! Make arrows!
Says the father, says the father.
Give me my knife,
Give me my knife,
I shall hang up the meat to dry--_Ye' ye!_
I shall hang up the meat to dry--_Ye' ye!_
Says grandmother--_Yo' yo!_
Says grandmother--_Yo' yo!_
When it is dry I shall make pemmican,
When it is dry I shall make pemmican,
Says grandmother--_Yo' yo!_
Says grandmother--_Yo' yo!_[F]

FOOTNOTES:

[D] Songs and comments as given by James Mooney.

[E] "When going on a buffalo hunt, it was customary among the Sioux to
send out a small advance party to locate the herd. On finding it,
these men returned at once at full gallop to the main body of hunters,
but instead of stopping on reaching them, they dashed past and then
turned and fell in behind. It is to this custom the first line
refers."

[F] "In the old days an Indian camp during the cutting up of the meat
after a buffalo hunt was a scene of the most joyous activity....
Preparations were made for days and weeks ahead. Couriers were sent
out to collect the neighboring bands at a common rendezvous, medicine
men began their prayers and ceremonies to attract the herd, the
buffalo songs were sung, and finally when all was ready the
confederated bands or sometimes the whole tribe--men, women, children,
horses, dogs, and travois--moved out into the buffalo grounds. Here
the immense camp of hundreds of tipis was set up, more ceremonies were
performed, and the mounted warriors rode out in a body to surround and
slaughter the herd. The women followed close after them to strip the
hides from the fresh carcasses, and cut out the choice portion of the
meat and tallow and bring it into camp."

ORIGIN OF THE BUFFALO

_Teton_

In the days of the grandfathers, buffaloes lived under the earth. In
the olden times, they say, a man who was journeying came to a hill
where there were many holes in the ground. He entered one of them.
When he had gone inside he found buffalo chips and buffalo tracks on
all sides. He found also buffalo hairs where the buffaloes had rubbed
against the walls. These were the real buffaloes and they lived under
the ground. Afterwards some of them came to the surface of the earth
and lived there. Then the herds on the earth increased.

These buffaloes had many lodges and there they raised their children.
They did many strange things. Therefore when a ma