Abstracts — Dorsey and Kroeber. 465 



In morning people- make charge on herd and white bird goes up in air calling 

 to animals, but is suddenly taken down by bowstring in which both its legs 

 are fastened. It is white crow, which caws all the more while people kill 

 buffalo. All people now provided with food. Young man goes to trap and 

 brings white crow to tipi, where he keeps it hobbled. Old woman's pet sends 

 grandmother to chief's tipi to say white crow will be delivered to' do what 

 he thinks best. Grandchild sends for pine branches with pitch and white crow 

 is held over dark smoke until its whole body is black. Then its bill is rubbed on 

 buflfalo chips and it is told that rest of life its appetite shall be satisfied by chips, 

 eyes and skulls of animals. It then flies off towards slaughter places and hops 

 about, cawing loudly to attract attention. — D. 



134. — The Porcupine and the Woman who climbed to the Sky. 



Sun and Moon brothers. Young women at camp-circle sit enjoying 

 night breeze. One says she wishes she could marry Moon. Moon hears and 

 considers matter. Her companions wish they could marry stars. Sun and 

 Moon have argument in regard to women. Moon prefers woman, and says 

 he win go after one. Sun says he will select water animal for wife. Four 

 women go for wood. One goes to cottonwood tree on which js Moon as 

 porcupine. She sees porcupine and climbs tree with stick to hit animal with. 

 •Tree lengthens, but woman keeps climbing. She looks away, then animal 

 changes into charming young man. He smiles at her and tells her to follow 

 him, as he is the man whom she would like to marry. They climb until they 

 reach sky where father and mother of Moon live. Moon inquires where Sun's 

 wife is. Frog brought by Sun from below is hopping in front of door, urinat- 

 ing. She hears and goes inside. Moon asks frog to go for water. He cuts 

 two pieces of intestine and gives one to his wife, who cracks it without diffi- 

 culty. Other he gives to Frog-Woman who puts charcoal in mouth first and 

 then intestine. Black streaks of charcoal run down corners of mouth. Moon 

 makes remark and Frog- Woman leaps on his breast and remains there. Dark 

 spot on full moon is picture of Frog- Woman and her pail to one side, as small 

 black spot. Moon has another wife, buffalo cow. Both wives give birth to 

 boys. Boys quarrel, and mothers separate them. Husband tells women to dig hog 

 potatoes, but not to dig deep or look in. Human wife goes two or three times 

 to dig and makes up mind to find out why husband told her not to look into 

 holes. After digging, she looks into hole and sees camp-circle below, with 

 father's tipi. She saves sinew from beef and makes bowstrings, telling Moon 

 she needs them in tanning. After husband has gone hunting, she takes boy 

 and strings and starts to place she has spotted. She digs big hole, lays stick 

 across and fastens strings to stick, other end she ties around waist. With boy 

 on her back, she lets herself down, until within short distance of ground. 

 Moon goes in search of wife and boy, comes to digging stick, peeps down and 

 sees wife suspended on string. He takes round stone and tells it to light on 

 woman's head. It travels along sinew string until it strikes woman on head, 

 causing her to let go string and killing her. Boy plays about. When mother's 

 body decomposed he can no longer get milk from breast, and he goes to river 

 for drink, leaving traces of his footsteps. He sleeps under mother's arm, 

 which makes him smell dreadfully. Young man notices tracks of boy several 

 times. He lays bow and two arrows on his trail. In morning bow and arrows 



