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7. — Origin of the Ceremonial Lodges. 



A man and his wife were camped by the river. One morning^ the 

 man went out in search of game, for they were hungry. 



Going down the river he saw a buffalo (cow) coming up the creek 

 just as the sun was rising. This man turned and started ahead of the 

 animal to get in range of it at the creek, but the animal had already 

 passed when he got there. He had a bow and arrow and a flint knife. 

 The arrow points were of flint. Again he started to circle around the 

 cow to get in range to shoot it, but again it passed before he was 

 ready. Buffalo was going up the creek. The man started off again 

 to head her off, but again she passed him before he got to the creek 

 bottom. Again he started, running very fast, in order to get within 

 range of the cow. When he got to the creek, he and the cow met. The 

 man sat down to shoot the buffalo, but the cow stopped and turned 

 around to look at him. 



"Leave me alone ; don't shoot at me !i'' said Buffalo Cow, 'T want 

 to tell you something which will be for your benefit and the benefit of 

 your people." So the man laid down his bow and looked at the cow. 

 "I have taken pity on you, although you tried to kill me for beef. 

 There sliaU be lodges for the different societies among your people, in 

 which my whole body can be used for various purposes. They shall 

 be in this order : the Thunder-bird, Lime-Crazy, Dog-Soldiers', Buf- 



flight is known from almost all over the world. It occurs in European folk tales and Japanese 

 cosmogony. In North America a few of its occurrences are among the Gros Ventre, Cree (Russell, 

 Explorations in the Far North, 202) — in both of which cases it occurs in connection with the pursuit 

 by a round rolling object, — Carrier (Morice, Trans. Can. Inst., V, 5), Dhegiha (Contr. N. A. Ethn., 

 VI, 292), Quinault (Farrand, Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., IV, 116). Boas has recorded many cases on 

 the Pacific coast from the Columbia River northward (Indianische Sagen von der Nord Pacifischen 

 Kiiste Amerikas, pp. 99, 164, 224, 240, 268; Chinook Texts, Bull. Bur. Ethn., 78; Bull. Bur. Ethn. 

 No. 26, p. 118 ; No. 27, p. 235 ; Journ. Am. Folk Lore, IX, 260). 



The diving for the earth during a flood or the primeval water is also very common in North 

 America. Cf. Gros Ventre; Sauk and Fox (Jones, Journ. Am. Folk Lore, XIV, 234); Ojibwa 

 (Schoolcraft, Hiawatha); Menomini (Hoffman, .\nn. Rep. Bur. Ethn., XIV, 1, 114); Delaware (cited 

 by Chamberlain, Journ. Am. Folk Lore, IV, p. 210); Cree (Russell, Explorations in the Far North, 

 206); Carrier (Morice, Trans. Can. Inst. V, 10); Hare, Dog-rib, Chippewayan (Petitot, Trad. Indiennes 

 du Canada Nord Quest. 18S6, 147, 317, 378); Maidu (Dixon, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XVII, pt. 

 II, 39); Kathlamet (Bull. Bur. Ethn., No. 26, p. 24); Yuchi (Gatschet, Amer. Anthr. 1893, p. 279, 

 280); Cherokee (Mooney, Ann. Rep. Bur. Ethn., XIX, 239). 



The origin of death is also accounted for in most American mythologies. A version similar to 

 the Arapaho one is found among the Blackfeet (Grinnell, Biackfoot Lodge Tales, 138, 272) ; Cheyenne 

 (Journ. Am. Folk Lore, XIII, 161); Jicarilla Apache (Russell, Journ. Am. Folk Lore, XI, 258; Navaho 

 (Matthews, Mem. Am. Folk Lore Soc, V, 77.) In and about California the origin of death is usually 

 attributed to the deliberate decision of an individual. This idea is found among the Maidu (Dixon, 

 Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XVII, pt. II, 43, 46); Wintun (Curtin, Creation Myths of Primitive 

 America, 164); Yurok; Yuki; Mohave; Diegueno (DuBois, Journ. Am. Folk Lore, XIV, 183); Klamath 

 Lake (Gatschet, Contr. N. A. Ethn., II, i, 103); Quinault (Farrand, Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., IV, 

 III). Specialized forms of the myth occur among the Zufii (Gushing, Ann. Rep. Bur. Ethn.. XIII) 

 and the Tsimshian (Bull. Bur. Ethn., No. 27, p. 72). See also Petitot. Trad. Ind. du Canada Nord- 

 Guest, 1886, 114, 115 (Hare). 



