64 BUREAU or AMERICAN ETHNOL«GY [eull. 47 



TRANSLATION 



The One Above put his animals, the Buffaloes, into his house and con- 

 tinued sending messengers to the Indians [to visit him] until they con- 

 sented and went to him. He dwelt in the west and continued sending 

 messengers to the Indians [to visit him] until they started to his house. 

 When they arrived he opened tiie door of the house and showed them 

 the objects within. The Buffaloes filled the house, and the Indians 

 were looking on the scene for some time. When they had gazed long 

 enough he shut the door, and, taking them to another house, he 

 opened the door of that one. Behold, it was full of the Bears, on 

 whom the Indians gazed a while, and then the door was shut. When 

 he opened the door of a third house it was full of Deer, and when the 

 Indians had gazed on them long enough he closed the door. When he 

 opened the door of a fourth house nothing was seen. Then the One 

 Above said to the Indians, "Look upward." They did so, and lo! a 

 giant was reclining in the air, resting on nothing, and water was con- 

 tinually dripping from him. As they stood looking at him lightning 

 gleamed, and the Indians fell here and there, while the One Above was 

 laughing at their terror. 



He pulled them out of the house and conducted them to a fifth one, 

 and when he opened the door they beheld many piles of garments. 

 "Take as many as you please," said the One Above to the Indians. 

 As they were very greedy, they took a great many and were carrying 

 them homeward; but as they were very heavy they threw down the 

 greater part and came home with only a few garments. That is the 

 reason why the Indians are covetous whenever they see anj'^thing. 



The Buffaloes were designed to remain in the house [and Indians 

 would have had no trouble in making use of them], but a boy was 

 so bad that he opened the door and let them out; therefore they are 

 in the swamps [sic: probabl}^ on the prairies]. In like manner, the 

 Bears were to have remained in the house, but the bad boy turned 

 them out. Just so did he let out the Deer. The boy was very bad, 

 and he acted thus toward the different animals [which the One Above 

 had confined for the benefit of the Indians]. Therefore so many things 

 [animals, etc.,] are now in the swamps. 



20. The Duck and Her Brothers 



A°xti-di' pa'-tcitcuki' de'-hed-ha"^ awode'-k i'^'dasko^' naiiki'. E'ke 



Woman(sub.)Tiead that fin- when sunshine(ob.) with her she sat. So 



[=to wash the ished back to it 



head] 



nax ka"^' anetu' haHca'. Ekeha'^', " Kawa-di'^' ta'niki'xti eya'^hi"' 



sat when they after And then "Whichever one the first to reach 



found her awhileC?). there 



tutce'di ko tankixti'," e ha°' ki'titi'ki a'xa ha^^' Tconktcona' eya^-di"*' 



touches if his full sister," said and in a row they and Ancient of Fish- he was the 

 her stood hawks (?) one 



