420 Field Columbian Museum — Anthropology, Vol. V. 



5. — The Flood. 



A girl finds game every morning. She hides at night and sees a wart 

 come rolling, bringing the game. She flees with her father, mother, and 

 brother, leaving their moccasins to call the wart back. The wart swallows 

 their tent, but is delayed in its pursuit by the moccasins, which imitate the 

 people's voices. Overtaking them, it successively devours the woman, the man, 

 and the boy. The girl reaches a man cutting wood, who hides her. The wart, 

 enraged, tries to swallow the man but fails. He strikes it with his bow and 

 breaks it open. Then he brings the boy to life and marries the girl. In spite 

 of warning, the girl goes to swing with his previous wife and is drowned by 

 her. Her brother mourns for her, carrying her child. A water monster raises 

 her above the water. Next day, when the water monster raises her he is 

 speared by a man who hunts monsters, and the girl is rescued and revivified 

 in the sweat-house. She then goes swinging with the older wife and drowns 

 her. The waters rise. The people go to the top of a high peak. The girl's 

 brother, having painted himself, stretches out his feet and hands and causes 

 the water to recede. Wherever water animals are left on the land there are 

 springs and bodies of water. — K. 



6. — The flood and origin of xhe Ceremonial Lodge. 



A girl finds game every morning. Hiding, she sees that a skull provides 

 food for her famjily. They turn into geese and flee. The skull, starting in 

 pursuit, is called back by their clothes. After four days it has nearly caught 

 them. By wishing, the girl successively causes a forest, a river, knives, and 

 paunches, which delay the skull. Then it draws in her dog, her mother, and 

 her father. The girl reaches a man who is making a bow. Upon her entreat- 

 ies he hides her. When the skull comes, the man causes it to burst, and re- 

 stores her father, mother, and dog to life. Then he marries her. Though 

 warned, she goes swimming with his first wife. The old woman tries to drown 

 her, but is drowned herself. The man in hunting shoots an arrow twice, and is 

 carried way by the whirlwind. The girl mourns for him. After four days 

 she gives birth to a boy. After four days he is a young man. His name is 

 Rock, from his father, a crystal. He gets his mother to make turtle mocca- 

 sins for him. He visits his grandparents. By means of his turtle moccasins 

 he wins the love of four girls. Bluebird has been killed, but is restored to 

 life by his brother Magpie. They meet Nih'a^qa", and with him join Rock. 

 The water rises. The people go on a mountain peak. Nih'a^ga" takes the best 

 place for himself. By means of his turtle moccasins Rock four times causes 

 the water to recede. Then the people enter a boat of mushrooms and cob- 

 webs. Rock and Nih'a^Qa'^ remain on the mountain. The bpat becomes soft. 

 Rock asks the duck to dive to the bottom. It fails. He changes his mocca- 

 sin to a turtle and it brings up a little mud, a rib. and a bulrush. By means of 

 the rib Rock makes the world from the mud, also the sky above. From the 

 bulrush he makes corn. Niha^qa'^ goes to live in the sky and becomes our 

 father. The languages of the world are' diversified. The buflfalo and the 

 horse race. ITie horse wins and is used as a domestic animal, while the bufifalo 

 is hunted. Rock throws a buffalo chip into the water that people may live. 



