Old Woman's Water and the Buffalo Cap is a Cheyenne tale of the two great culture heroes Standing-on-the-Ground and Sweet Medicine and how they brought back the buffalo to the people and established the tradition of the sacred buffalo hat. The story may be read as Part II of the Ehyophsta Legend.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2509/old-womans-water-and-the-buffalo-cap/.
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- Why do you think the buffalo return after the two men visit the spring?
- What do you think the sacred buffalo cap means to the Cheyenne people?
- Why do you think the story says people must not quarrel or have bad feelings?
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