ABSTRACTS 



i. — The Buffalo and the Rabbit. 



Buffalo and Rabbit go to see female Squirrel, but she will have nothing to 

 do with them. Rabbit goes alone and tells Squirrel he can do anything with 

 Buffalo. She laughs, and Rabbit says he will ride Buffalo up next day. He goes 

 home. Buffalo comes and Rabbit says he is sick and wants to ride to Squirrel. 

 He saddles Buffalo, and asks for whip. They start off. Squirrel sees Rabbit 

 riding Buffalo. Rabbit whips Buffalo, who kicks, and Rabbit jumps and runs 

 into bush, followed by Buffalo. 



2. — The Buffalo and the dancing Turkeys. 



Turkeys dance at request of Grasshopper, who tells them to shut their eyes. 

 Grasshopper breaks their necks, when one opens eye and the others fly away. 

 Grasshopper tells grandmother to cook Turkeys and pretends to invite chiefs. 

 He eats all Turkeys himself and tells old woman chiefs have had big dinner 

 and she is to drink up soup. 



3. — The Prairie Chicken and the Wolf. 



Wolf asks Prairie Chicken how he came to be spotted. Prairie Chicken 

 says he got into hollow of tree, put a stick at bottom and set fire to it and stayed 

 in until he turned spotted. Wolf tries plan, and his eyes pop out. Prairie 

 Chicken starts off with eyes, saying he has got somebody's eyes, which he thinks 

 are Coyote's. Some Coyotes hear him and Bob- Tail (their best runner) catches 

 and kills him. Others come and eat him up. Old Wolf comes and has to be 

 satisfied with bones. 



4. — The Wolf and the Buffalo. 



Wolf wishes he could eat grass. Buffalo tells him to stand sidewise. He 

 then runs over Wolf and he turns to Buffalo. He is told not to do so to any 

 other Wolf. Wolf Buffalo meets another Wolf and turns him into Buffalo, 

 but he himself becomes Wolf once more. He goes to Buffalo, who, annoyed at 

 conduct, runs over him and kills him. 



5. — The Opossum and the Skunk. 



Opossum and Skunk are sisters-in-law and live together. Skunk 'persuades 

 Opossum to eat her children, and then goes away with her own children. Skunk 

 tells about it and Opossum defecates in Skunk's face and kills hei. 



6. — The Skunk and the Wolf. 



Skunk gives Wolf two loads of his "bullets." Wolf tries his gun on hickory 

 tree and then shoots and knocks down grapevine and eats grapes. Wolf sees 

 Elk coming and tries to shoot, but cannot 



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