The Enchanted Buffalo & The Tiger's Eye

This is a tale of the Royal Tribe of Okolom--those mighty I buffaloes
that once dominated all the Western prairies, Seven hundred strong were
the Okolom--great, shaggy creatures herding together and defying all
enemies. Their range was well known to the Indians, to lesser herds of
bisons and to all the wilds that roamed in the open; but none cared to
molest or interfere with the Royal Tribe.

Dakt was the first King of the Okolom. By odds the fiercest and most
intelligent of his race, he founded the Tribe, made the Laws that
directed their actions and led his subjects through wars and dangers
until they were acknowledged masters of the prairie.

Dakt had enemies, of course; even in the Royal Tribe. As he grew old it
was whispered he was in league with Pagshat, the Evil Genius of the
Prairies; yet few really believed the lying tale, and those Who did but
feared King Dakt the more.

The days of this monarch were prosperous days for the Okolom. In Summer
their feeding grounds were ever rich in succulent grasses; in Winter Dakt
led them to fertile valleys in the shelter of the mountains.