Oct., 1903. Arapaho Traditions — Dorsey and Kroeber. 65 



et ad OS foraminis pervenit. Niii^a^ga'* sensit contactum et membrum 

 suum propulsit quod fecit ut puella exclamamans e lecto saltu sur- 

 geret. Sanguis e vagina fluit. Pater et mater igni accenso membri caput 

 immensum et membrum ipsum viderunt. Id cultro frustatim decide- 

 runt, dum eius ad finem venerunt. Membrum ita resectum est ut nihil 

 ex illo tempore noxae fecerit €t homines membrum virile valde breve 

 habeant. — D. 



Told by Cut-Nose. The idea here expressed of the great length of the membrum is found 

 among the Pawnee. Among the Pawnee tales of this character is one styled "The Talking Mem- 

 brum." 



32. Nih'a^CA^ PURSUED BY THE Roi-LING StONE. 



Nih'a"qa" went down the river and met Jack-Rabbit sitting in the 

 tall grass. "Well, partner, I have searched for you a long time, 

 having heard that you can keep awake for a long time. I want to chal- 

 lenge you to-night." So they were together, sitting and watching each 

 other closely. Nih'a^ga** was getting tired toward morning and went, 

 to sleep, Jack-Rabbit having gone to sleep soon after they began their 

 contest. Just then, Jack-Rabbit awoke, and seeing Nih'a"(;a° fast 

 asleep, he leaped upon him from behind and covered him. 



Nih'a"<;a° then awoke and saw Jack-Rabbit running from him. 

 "Oh, you sleepy creature, you cannot begin to surpass me, for you 

 know very well that I can beat you," said Nih'a°(;a°. He got up and 

 started off again. 



While he was walking, his bowels began to trouble him, so he sat 

 down and defecated. When he got up, he looked behind him and 

 saw little ones (young rabbits) running to all directions from him. 

 *'Oh! You dead (ghost) children, you had better run from me," he 

 said. He went off feeling quite empty, occasionally looking around. 



Again he sat down and defecated. "I am feeling better now, 

 I can go on the journey faster," said he, getting up from the ground. 

 Looking behind him, he saw the little jack-rabbits again (thicker than 

 the first time), running away from him. "You ugly creatures, you had 

 better run," said he. "Well, I must be going! No use to fool on the 

 way," said he. So he started again. After going to a distance his 

 bowels felt like moving again ; so he sat down to defecate. He was 

 sitting for a long time this time. He got up, looked around and saw 

 more little ones, lively, running faster from him. "Oh ! You dirty 

 creatures, you had better run," said he. So he started off again, but 

 his bowels troubled him again so soon that he had to sit down again. 

 "Now I am going to catch these dead children this time," said he. 



