Tuesday, November 28, 2006
THE WHITE BUFFALO
Some of you may know the story of the white buffalo being a symbol of peace to the Lakota and other Indians.
A group of school children in Austin made a tapestry of white buffaloes as they learned about the Native American legend.
A white buffalo was born last August on a Wisconsin ranch. You can see a picture of it here.
Alas, this was an unlucky white buffalo. The Daily News reports:
A white buffalo calf born in August was among five buffalo killed by lightning at a farm near Janesville, farmer Dave Heider said Monday.
Heider said he went to check on the animals Monday morning before going to work, and the mother of the white buffalo calf was walking around, grunting, so Heider followed her up a hill to where he found the dead animals with burn marks, near a tree.
He said the lightning during a thunderstorm Sunday night apparently hit the tree and all five buffalo.
I guess that being dead is peaceful.
