Oct., 1903. Arapaho Traditions — Dorsey and Kroeber. 203 



cried out that the young man had returned, and the people all came in 

 to see him. But he came back as a person of different appearance, being 

 thin and bony. His elder brother asked him what had happened to him. 

 Three times he asked him without receiving an answer. Each time his 

 wife went out. The fourth time the young man told his elder brother : 

 "Your wife who has just gone out tried to kill me. She made a hole 

 and buried me, but the wolves saved me. Do you love your wife?" 

 "No, I love you, my brother. I have been mourning for you." "Well, 

 the wolves told me to have your wife bring pemmican and stuffed in- 

 testines out to them." The third night after, the woman went off some 

 distance from the camp-circle. There stood a row of wolves and 

 coyotes, like a bank. She said : "I came out to see where you were. 

 I will bring you the food ycu wish." She went back, and the next 

 night, the fourth, she took a load of food, carried it out, and fed it to the 

 wolves. They devoured it. Then those who did not get any of it at- 

 tacked her and ate all the flesh from her, leaving only bones. Her name 

 was Badger-Woman.^ — K, 



89. — Nariniiha, T9E Substitute. 



There was a small camp-circle in a wide bottom near the river. In 

 a family there was a pretty girl who had repeatedly refused to marry. 

 This girl said that she would not marry, while her own parents were 

 still providing her wants and luxuries; besides she desired to indulge 

 in many social gatherings. 



Further down the river, at the mouth of a big creek, there was 

 another, bigger camp-circle, which afforded greater pleasure. One day 

 there came a visitor from the camp below and informed the people about 

 a famous young man w'hose name was Nariniiha. 



Some time afterwards, this pretty young girl was tempted, and 

 sought the famous young man at the larger camp-circle. At this camp- 

 circle the people had just prepared for a Sun-dance. This was in the 

 spring of the year, when all the leaves of various trees and shrubs 

 were in full bloom. Just outside of the camp-circle there was a well 

 tanned (worn out) tipi in which the famous young man lived. The 

 handsome girl, after going throughout the camp, finally reached the 

 old woman's tipi. 



With a nice transparent goat horn spoon, she entered the tipi, 

 respectfully, and held it to the young man to drink. "This spoonful 



'Cf. Grinnell, Blackfoot Lodge Tales, 78; J. O. Dorsey, ,\nn. Rep. Bur. Ethn., XI, 478 (Dakota); 

 Petitot, Trad. Indiennes, 1886. 357 (Chippewayan). 



