ABSTRACTS. 



i. — Origin Myth. 



Old-Man tells ducks to dive and bring dirt from bottom. Old-Man blows 

 dirt in various directions and makes land, mountains and rivers. Crow Indian 

 man and woman then made and Old-Man explains to them how to increase. 

 Man and woman at first blind and naked. Old-Man makes animals and fruits, 

 that they may have food and clothing. Old-Man kills buffalo and with piece of 

 stone cuts it up and explains its parts. He teaches man and woman how to make 

 things of stone, etc., and how to make fire. Old-Man gives them dogs and tells 

 them how to get horses ; also how to have visions and to build sweat houses. 



2. — Old Man Coyote and the Theft of Summer. 



Once it was always Winter and towards South always Summer. Summer 

 and Winter owned by Woman with strong heart. Old Man Coyote tells youth 

 he is going after Summer. He gets four animals, male Deer, male Coyote, male 

 Jack Rabbit and male Wolf and asks them how far they can run. Summer and 

 Winter kept in different colored bags. Old Man Coyote becomes Elk and goes 

 down and exposes himself to Summer. Woman goes out on hearing shouts and 

 Coyote slips into her tipi. Woman returns and meets Coyote at door. He rubs 

 medicine paint on her face and she loses her voice. Coyote carries off bag con- 

 taining Summer and runs with it until he is tired. Then Jack Rabbit takes it, 

 afterwards Deer and finally Wolf. On reaching destination Wolf opens bag and 

 agreement made with children of Summer country that each country should have 

 balf Summer and half Winter. Old Man Coyote makes Prairie Chicken that 

 youth may have birds to chase. 



3- — Old Man Coyote and the Strawberry. 



Old Man Coyote eating Wild Strawberries sees four women coming. He 

 transfers himself under brush and lets penis project up among strawberries. 

 Women try unsuccessfully to pluck head of penis for strawberry. They go for. 

 sharp flint to cut it off and on return strawberry has disappeared. Women 

 agree to retaliate on Old Man Coyote, and one day seeing him coming through 

 woods, they disrobe, make their noses bleed and smear their bodies as though 

 they had been murdered and lie down on grass. Old Man Coyote sees and ex- 

 amines them and says they must have been dead a long time, they smelt so 

 badly. When he goes away short distance women get up and tell him they 

 have retaliated for what he did to them. 



4. — Old Man Coyote and the Bears. 



Old Man Coyote sees bears burying each other in play. Bears bury him and 

 pull him out when he whistles. Old Man Coyote makes big pit and after putting 

 bears in pit, he covers them up and builds fire. Bears whistle but he pours 

 water on heated rocks, cooks them and eats them. 



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