Oct., 1903. Arapaho Traditions — Dorsey and Kroeber. 329 



fore, and you will have that kind of a nose to indicate your character," 

 said Moon. 



Moon had overpowered the buffalo by his miraculous power. 

 He commanded that there should be no more human beings slaugh- 

 tered. It was agreed with his father-in-law and made known to the 

 people (the buifalo). Moon gave or distributed the bows and arrows 

 to the male human beings for their use and protection. "Now 

 father-in-law must accept my proposition. Listen to me attentively, 

 son !" said Moon. "You may go to your grandfather and tell him 

 that these people [human beings] will live on his body and on the 

 bodies of his kind. First, he shall not have the speed ; then that he 

 shall have for the parts of his body the following: the war bonnet 

 shall be his head and backbone ; the birds' claws for horns ; the hail 

 for eyes ; the round elk teeth for his teeth ; the center eagle tail feather 

 for tongue ; the deer hoof for hoofs ; a moon-shell foi" his voice ; 

 wampum shells for larynx ; water turtles for kidneys ; a Navaho blanket 

 for large and small intestines ; pieces of bark for sinew ; eagle feathers 

 for shoulders ; a white root of a water weed which grows at the bottom 

 of a pond, for his penis ; the foam of water for lungs ; a heart-shaped 

 pod of vines which pop when they are stepped on in the woods, for a 

 heart." 



This boy was running back and forth carrying on errands for 

 both parties. "Oh, y-es, you may tell my son-in-law that I accept his 

 proposition, and that it will be carried out." Thus, the change of life 

 was made. Instead of the buffalo eating people, they were looked 

 upon as the future subsistence for human beings. 



"Now, my grandson, go and tell your father that before he re- 

 turns with you, there will be singing, dancing, running a race, and tell- 

 ing of myths, each for four days, and if he goes through all of them, 

 he is all right," said the father-in-law, Buffalo-Bull, 



From this point, the story continues as in Blue-Feather's experi- 

 ence (see 146), but Blue-Feather was the name of the Moon. — D. 



Told by Fire-Wood. Cf. Nos. 13;, 136, 137, and 138. For more complete version than any of 

 above, see story of Little-Star. "Arapaho Sun Dance." The incident of Frog-Woman jumping upon 

 Moon's breast is found in a Wichita tale; the frog, however, chooses the man's back. In one Pawnee 

 tale two women wish they were married to stars: one finds herself in the upper world, marries a star, 

 gives birih, descends to earth, etc. In another Pawnee tale the woman is thrown from the lariat by 

 a thunder bolt. In the Cherokee tale of "The Daughter of the Sun" (Mooney, Bureau of Eth. .Ann. 

 19, p. 2:2) "the Sun hated the people of the earth because they could never look straight at her with- 

 out screwing up their faces." According to another Cherokee tale (p. 257) eclipse of sun or moon is 

 because a great frog is trying to swallow it. According to the Crow variant (Simms MSS.) the woman 

 was assisted to the earth by the Sun, when the myth continues as story of Lone-Star in ".Arapaho 

 Sun Dance." ' 



