io Field Columbian Museum — Anthropology, Vol. VII. 



pened to open his eye, and saw that the Grasshopper was' killing 

 them ; so they flew away. 



Grasshopper had killed about fourteen ; so he said to his grand- 

 mother, "Let us cook these Turkeys; and invite all the chiefs." 

 Then he told his grandmother to go behind the tipi, while he 

 stood in the door with a long stick to push the door wfith. Then 

 he began to say, "Hello, chief, take a seat." Then he went in by 

 himself, and, after eating all the Turkeys, he told the old woman 

 to come and drink up the soup. He told her that the chiefs had 

 eaten a very big dinner. Then the old woman said, " I am very glad 

 that they ate heartily." * 



3. — The Prairie Chicken and the Wolf. 



The Prairie Chicken and the Wolf met each other on the creek. 

 The Wolf said to the Prairie Chicken, "Hello, friend ! How came 

 you to be spotted?" "Why," said the Prairie Chicken, "I got in 

 the hollow of a tree, then put a stick at the bottom and set fire to 

 it. I stayed- in until I turned spotted." 



So the Wolf decided that he would try to be spotted also. So 

 he went and got into the hollow of a tree, put a stick at the bottom 

 and set fire to it. He stayed in the hollow until one eye popped 

 out. Pretty soon the other eye popped out. So the Prairie 

 Chicken took the Wolf's eyes and started off, saying, "I have 

 somebody's eyes, but I do not know whose, though I think they 

 are Coyote's eyes." 



Some Coyotes that were near heard what he was saying, and 

 they all stopped and listened to him and they heard him say it 

 again. So they started after him. They got Bob-Tail (he was 

 the best runner) to catch him. Bob-Tail started after the Prairie 

 Chicken and caught him in a little while, and killed him. The 

 rest of the young Wolves came and ate him up. The old Wolf 

 came up last, and asked, "Is there any left for me?" "No, old man. 

 we have eaten him up, a long time ago," said they. So they all 

 started off. The old Wolf stayed behind, broke the bones, and got 

 the marrow. 



4. — The Wolf and the Buffalo. 



The Wolf came to where a Buffalo was eating grass, and stood 

 quite a while, watching him eat. Pretty soon the Buffalo asked, 



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1 A similar tale of ducks or other dancing birds is found among the Pawnee; Ankara; Wichita; 

 Grosventre; Cree (Russel, Explorations in the Far North p. 212); Apache (J. A. Folk-Lore, Vol. XL, p. 

 264); Cheyenne (J. A. Folk-Lore, XIII.. p. i6i); Arapaho (F. C. M., Anth. Ser.. Vol. V., Nos. 26, 27); 

 Menominee (Rep. Bur. of Eth. Vol. XIV.. p. 162, 203); Micmac (Rand. Legends of the Micmacs, p. 

 263); Algonquin (Leland, p. 186); Eskimo (Rep. Bur. of Eth., Vol. XL, p. 327). 



