Summary

The Summary of The Buffalo Dance
By Alex Stern

    
    Chanuka of the Ojibwa tribe paddled his canoe through no man's land when suddenly he came across a Dakota Indian. He takes care of this Dakota Indian and soon finds out his name is Neosho. During six days of taking care of Neosho very few words are said between the two of them. When Neosho is healthy, Chanuka paddles Neosho back to his home in his canoe. Neosho says goodbye, but Chanuka says nothing. Chanuka returns and is not disciplined because the chief has a special mission for him. The chief wants Chanuka to go and spy on the Dakota. The chief tells Chanuka if the Dakota have a good hunt we will not go to war with them. If they come back with a little hunt we will go to war with them. So Chanuka takes his canoe and paddles into Dakota territory. He spies for a couple days and finally the hunters come back  with the hunt. It is a good hunt. Chanuka thinks he needs an item to bring back to show that he had gone to the Dakota's. He goes into many cabins, but then he sees warriors so he runs and hides behind a pile of wood they have stacked for a buffalo dance. Neosho saves him from trouble out of friendship. Neosho was going to participate in the buffalo dance, but he gives Chanuka his costume and saves his life but before this they switched moccasins because the Ojibwa have way different moccasins than the Dakota. After the dance was over Chanuka ran and jumped into the river got in his canoe and paddled away. When he got back he told the chief that they had a good hunt and the Ojibwa should not go to war. He showed him the moccasins for proof and they still hang outside Chanuka's lodge as a symbol of his friendship with the Dakota Indian, Neosho.