4 Field Columbian Museum — AnthropoloCtY, Vol. V. 



The man said that when there should be a change of hfe, the whole 

 flat pipe would be petrified. The mouthpiece resembles the bill of a 

 duck, and the pipe itself is partially petrified.' — D. 



Told by Adopted. See notes to Nos. i and 3. 



3. — Origin Myth (Fragmentary).' 



On a stand of four sticks, on which was .the pipe,^ there sat a per- 

 son. Beneath him something shining was visible. It was water. The 

 man said : "What shall I do ? Where shall I keep this pipe, since 

 the water is everywhere, as far as my eye can reach. I am floating 

 about. I am above the pipe on this stand, continually sitting in the 

 same position. I am unable to do anything for myself and for the 

 pipe." As he floated he saw water birds of many kinds. He decided to 

 call them ; then he called them to come to him. Then there came to him 

 from all directions birds of many kinds, and he said to them: "Here 

 I am on this stand, together with the pipe. I do not know what to 

 do. I am alone. I cannot leave the stand. Can you do something for 

 me ?" They agreed to dive in search of the bottom of the water. Then 

 they diyed in turn, according to their ability, but came up floating 

 with big stomachs. The duck was the last one to dive. The man 

 said to it : "You live on the water and can endure diving. Now go 

 down and try to accomplish this." Then the duck dived. Night came 

 on and it became day again ; still it was underneath. It was gone 

 for days. The man was looking anxiously for a sign at the place 

 where it had dived ; but there were no bubbles. At last the duck came 

 up like all the rest. Then came the turtle (niigegiana baana").' It 

 said : "I gave the first chance to these birds, thinking they would have 

 the honor of the accomplishment, but they have not succeeded." Then 



• The tales marked K were obtained from the following informants: 

 Southern Arapaho. 



A. Cleaver Warden. Mostly texts. Nos. 11, 91, and others were learned by him from infor- 

 mant F. « 



B. Caspar Edson. Partly texts. 



C. Philip Rapid. All texts. 



D. An elderly man known as Blindy. 



E. Black Coyote, an elderly man. 



F. Tall Bear, an old man. , 



G. Osage. 



Northern Arapaho. All the Northern .Arapaho tales were obtained in English through Cleaver 

 Warden. 



H. Run-in-the-Water. 



I. An old woman, wife of William Shakespeare's father. 



J. Two or three old women. 



The present myth is from informant I. 



' The sacred "Hat pipe," the chief fetish of tlie tribe. 



' A large black water-turtle with ridged tail. The episode of the diving for the earth is 

 found also in No. 6. 



