INTRODUCTION. 



The following traditions are the result of independent research 

 among the Arapaho by George A. Dorsey and Alfred L. Kroeber. The 

 traditions which are followed by the letter "D" were obtained by the 

 former in behalf of the Field Columbian Museum among the Southern 

 Arapaho of Oklahoma; those followed by the letter "K" were collected 

 by the latter among the Southern Arapaho of Oklahoma and the North- 

 ern Arapaho of Wyoming, for the American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory as part of the Mrs. Morris K. Jesup Expedition. Each author is 

 entirely responsible for his own material including abstracts and notes. 

 The greater part of the material recorded by both authors was obtained 

 through Cleaver Warden, a full-blood. Certain traditions forming 

 part of the research of the senior author among the Arapaho have 

 been incorporated in a paper devoted to the Sun-dance. The contri- 

 bution of the junior author was originally intended to be issued as 

 Part II. of "The Arapaho" in Vol. XVIII. of the Bulletin of the Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History. 



