“Then the whole herd turned back to the tree. When they reached it, the bull said: “We will surely get you.” The tree said: ‘‘You have four parts of strength. I give you a chance to do something to me.” Then the buffalo began to attack the tree; those with least strength began. They butted it until its thick bark was peeled off. Meanwhile the young men were shooting them from the tree. The tree said: “Let some of them break their horns.’”

— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 59 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan