Then she took the buffalo chip which lay on the ground, lighted the pipe, and pointing to the sky with the stem of the pipe, she said, “I offer this to Wakan Tanka for all the good that comes from above.” [Pointing to the earth:] “I offer this to the earth, whence come all good gifts.” [Pointing to the cardinal points:] “I offer this to the four winds, whence come all good things.” Then she took a puff of the pipe, passed it to the chief, and said, “Now my dear brothers and sisters, I have done the work for which I was sent here and now I will go, but I do not wish any escort. I only ask that the way be cleared before me.”

Then, rising, she started, leaving the pipe with the chief, who ordered that the people be quiet until their sister was out of sight. She came out of the tent on the left side, walking very slowly; as soon as she was outside the entrance she turned into a white buffalo calf.