{"id":22339,"date":"2022-08-07T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=22339"},"modified":"2022-08-07T15:51:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T15:51:07","slug":"conte-comanche-humpback","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-kiowa-comanche\/comanche-humpback-tale\/","title":{"rendered":"Comanche Tale: Humpback"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"22339\" class=\"elementor elementor-22339\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-179aa48 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"179aa48\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25f0642\" data-id=\"25f0642\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0aa5381 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0aa5381\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-kiowa-comanche\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Kiowa-Comanche mythology<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76653a8\" data-id=\"76653a8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3fafc5 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f3fafc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpeople.us\/FP-Html-Legends\/HowtheBuffaloWereReleasedonEarth-Comanche.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Wiki<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38178a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"38178a6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46bb510\" data-id=\"46bb510\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d3ecdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d3ecdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-kiowa-comanche\/\">Kiowas<\/a> migrated through the Platte River basin to the Arkansas River area. There they faced the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-kiowa-comanche\/\">Comanches<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>Here is their tale: Humpback, how the Buffalo were released on Earth.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9347 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"Humpback how the Buffalo were released on Earth\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" title=\"\"><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ebe039 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ebe039\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fdb1435\" data-id=\"fdb1435\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b038c82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b038c82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-kiowa-comanche\/comanche-humpback-tale\/#Humpback-how-the-Buffalo-were-released-on-Earth\" >Humpback, how the Buffalo were released on Earth<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Humpback-how-the-Buffalo-were-released-on-Earth\"><\/span>Humpback, how the Buffalo were released on Earth<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-24b4367 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"24b4367\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e40462\" data-id=\"9e40462\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-439fe1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"439fe1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the first days a powerful being named Humpback owned all the buffalo. He kept them in a corral in the mountains north of San Juan, where he lived with his young son.<\/p>\n<p>Not one buffalo would Humpback release for the people on Earth, nor would he share any meat with those who lived near him.<\/p>\n<p>Coyote decided that something should be done to release the buffalo\nfrom Humpback&rsquo;s corral. He called the people to a council. &quot;Humpback\nwill not give us any buffalo,&quot; Coyote said. &quot;Let us all\ngo over to his corral and make a plan to release them.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>They camped in the mountains near Humpback&rsquo;s place, and after dark\nthey made a careful inspection of his buffalo enclosure. The stone\nwalls were too high to climb, and the only entrance was through\nthe back door of Humpback&rsquo;s house.<\/p>\n<p>After four days Coyote summoned the people to another council,\nand asked them to offer suggestions for releasing the buffalo. &quot;There\nis no way,&quot; said one man. &quot;To release the buffalo we must\ngo into Humpback&rsquo;s house, and he is too powerful a being for us\nto do that.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I have a plan,&quot; Coyote said. &quot;For four days we\nhave secretly watched Humpback and his young son go about their\ndaily activities. Have you not observed that the boy does not own\na pet of any kind?&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The people did not understand what this had to do with releasing\nthe buffalo, but they knew that Coyote was a great schemer and they\nwaited for him to explain. &quot;I shall change myself into a killdeer,&quot;\nCoyote said. &quot;In the morning when Humpback&rsquo;s son goes down\nto the spring to get water, he will find a killdeer with a broken\nwing. He will want this bird for a pet and will take it back into\nthe house. Once I am in the house I can fly into the corral, and\nthe cries of a killdeer will frighten the buffalo into a stampede.\nThey will come charging out through Humpback&rsquo;s house and be released\nupon the Earth.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The people thought this was a good plan, and the next Morning when\nHumpback&rsquo;s son came down the path to the spring he found a killdeer\nwith a crippled wing. As Coyote had foreseen, the boy picked up\nthe bird and carried it into the house.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Look here,&quot; the boy cried. &quot;This is a very good\nbird!&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It is good for nothing!&quot; Humpback shouted. &quot;All\nthe birds and animals and people are rascals and schemers.&quot;\nAbove his fierce nose Humpback wore a blue mask, and through its\nslits his eyes glittered. His basket headdress was shaped like a\ncloud and was painted black with a zig-zag streak of yellow to represent\nlightning. Buffalo horns protruded from the sides.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It is a very good bird,&quot; the boy repeated.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Take it back where you found it!&quot; roared Humpback, and\nhis frightened son did as he was told.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as the killdeer was released it returned to where the people\nwere camped and changed back to Coyote. &quot;I have failed,&quot;\nhe said, &quot;but that makes no difference. I will try again in\nthe morning. Perhaps a small animal will be better than a bird.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The next morning when Humpback&rsquo;s son went to the spring, he found\na small dog there, lapping at the water. The boy picked up the dog\nat once and hurried back into the house. &quot;Look here!&quot;\nhe cried. &quot;What a nice pet I have.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;How foolish you are, boy!&quot; Humpback growled. &quot;A\ndog is good for nothing. I&rsquo;ll kill it with my club.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The boy held tight to the dog, and started to run away crying.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Oh, very well,&quot; Humpback said. &quot;But first let me\ntest that animal to make certain it is a dog. All animals in the\nworld are schemers.&quot; He took a coal of fire from the hearth\nand brought it closer and closer to the dog&rsquo;s eyes until it gave\nthree rapid barks. &quot;It is a real dog,&quot; Humpback declared.\n&quot;You may keep it in the buffalo corral, but not in the house.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>This of course was exactly what Coyote wanted. As soon as darkness\nfell and Humpback and his son went to sleep, Coyote opened the back\ndoor of the house. Then he ran among the buffalo, barking as loud\nas he could. The buffalo were badly frightened because they had\nnever before heard a dog bark. When Coyote ran nipping at their\nheels, they stampeded toward Humpback&rsquo;s house and entered the rear\ndoor. The pounding of their hooves awakened Humpback, and although\nhe jumped out of bed and tried to stop them, the buffalo smashed\ndown his front door and escaped.<\/p>\n<p>After the last of the shaggy animals had galloped away, Humpback&rsquo;s\nson could not find his small dog. &quot;Where is my pet?&quot; he\ncried. &quot;Where is my little dog?&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That was no dog,&quot; Humpback said sadly. &quot;That was\nCoyote the Trickster. He has turned loose all our buffalo.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Thus it was that the buffalo that were released to scatter over all the Earth.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kiowa-Comanche Mythology Wiki The Kiowas migrated through the Platte River basin to the Arkansas River area. 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