But you refused all the little girls we offered you , and would have nothing but the buffalo . And remember what the medicine-man said : `` If the buffalo dies you die also ! '' ' So they bewailed their fate , one to the other , and for a while they did not perceive that the girl 's husband was sitting in their midst , leaning his gun against a tree . Then one man , turning , beheld him , and bowed mockingly . ` Hail , murderer ! hail ! you have slain us all ! ' The young man stared , not knowing what he meant , and answered , wonderingly : ' I shot a buffalo ; is that why you call me a murderer ? ' ' A buffalo -- yes ; but the servant of your wife ! It was he who carried the wood and drew the water . Did you not know it ? ' ` No ; I did not know it , ' replied the husband in surprise . ` Why did no one tell me ? Of course I should not have shot him ! ' ` Well , he is dead , ' answered they , ` and we must die too . ' At this the girl took a cup in which some poisonous herbs had been crushed , and holding it in her hands , she wailed : ' O my father , Rover of the Plain ! ' Then drinking a deep draught from it , fell back dead . One by one her parents , her brothers and her sisters , drank also and died , singing a dirge to the memory of the buffalo . The girl 's husband looked on with horror ; and returned sadly home across the mountains , and , entering his hut , threw himself on the ground . At first he was too tired to speak ; but at length he raised his head and told all the story to his father and mother , who sat watching him .
When he had finished they shook their heads and said : ` Now you see that we spoke no idle words when we told you that ill would come XXXXX your marriage !
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