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the grease runs out; and that he cuts out a piece of flesh in front of his thighs, which 

 he gives to his guest. It is also introduced in the story of the killing of Grizzly- 

 Bear. Tl 5.317. The story does not occur again until we reach the Quinault in 

 Washington, where it is said that Bear cuts the sole of his foot, heats it, and lets fat 

 run out. Among the Chinook he cuts foot and thigh and cuts meat off. Among the 

 Wishram, Deer cuts meat from his body. In the Cherokee tale the Bear slits his side 

 and lets oil run out. In that of the Yuchi the Bear cuts fat from his entrails. In 

 the Natchez version, Bear cooks a piece of his own flesh, cuts himself, and lets grease 

 run out into beans that he is cooking. His guest is Rabbit. 1 The Hitchiti version 

 is identical with the Natchez tale. In the Alabama version Bear invites Rabbit to 

 smoke with him. In Micmac he cuts pieces from the soles of his feet. Here probably 

 belongs also the Pawnee tale, in which it is told that Coyote wants to cut off part of 

 Bear's loins. 



The Elk is substituted for the Bear by the Apache [Russell]. He cuts off steaks 

 from his hind quarter. 



Among the Takelma the story of the Bungling Host has not been recorded, but it 

 is told in another connection that Deer provides meat by cutting flesh off his body. 



Closely related to the preceding is a small group of tales in which variations of the 

 theme of cutting one's own body are introduced. In Sh 740 Bear heats his back by 

 the fire, and allows Coyote to bite a piece out of it. Another version from another 

 branch of the same tribe, Sh 627, substitutes Fat Man for Bear. The Lillooet substi- 

 tute Buck Deer for the Bear Lil 305. 



Among the Crow, Elk asks his wile to scrape the back of his neck with a hide- 

 scraper. The shavings are made into a pudding. 



In an Ojibwa version Moose cuts pieces of flesh from his shoulder (Schoolcraft, 

 Hiawatha 45) or from his wife's shoulders (Jones, 299). 



In Hopi 209, Badger pretends to cut open his belly, and takes out his intestines. 



The Bee cuts itself with an ax, and honey comes out, in Cora 202. 



(e) Animals Stab or Shoot Themselves 



(24 versions: Wish 145; Wasco 270; Ute 264; Hopi 202; Jicarilla Apache [Goddard] 

 231; Crow; Navaho 87; Shoshoni 265; Pawnee 245. 246. 267; Ponca 557; Ojibwa 

 [.Tones] 311, 341;— Shoshoni 265; Ute 264; Apache [Russell] 265; Caddo 88, 93;— H 

 5.233; Co 5.76; Ne 9.237; Ne 5.177; Chil 18) 



Somewhat distinct from the preceding group are the talcs in which we hear about 

 animals that pull out part of their insidos by means of a sharp stick or an arrow. The 

 Deer sticks a piece of wood into his nose ; blood flows out and is eaten Wish 145. The 

 Mountain Sheep pulls blood, fat, and meat out of his wife's nose by means of a straw, 

 and changes them into food, according to the Wasco version; among the Ute, Magpie 

 performs the same trick; in the south, Porcupine pulls blood and fat out of his nose 

 with a sharp stick in the version Hopi 202; and in the Apache (Goddard) version, 

 Buffalo pulls meat and fat out of his body. Among the Crow, Condor has his nose 

 pierced, and grease comes out. In the Navaho version Porcupine scratches his nose 

 with a piece of bark until blood flows out, which becomes meat. 



Closely related to this is evidently the story of Owl putting an awl into his eye: 

 grease runs out. In th? Shoshoni version he also cuts flesh from his body and gives 

 this to his guest. The first of these incidents occurs also among the Crow. 



Related to these is also the Pawnee-Ponca group. Squirrel cuts his scrotum, 

 and pecan-nuts come out, Pawnee 246. Beaver does the same, and grease comes out, 

 Pawnee 245, 267; in the Ojibwa version, grease flows out, Ojibwa 311, 341. In the 

 Ponca version, Flying Squirrel ruts the same part of his body, and walnuts come 



1 This version continues, tolling how Buzzard pretended to cure Rabbit, who had hurt himself, but 

 really kills him. In the Hitchiti version the Buzzard is shot by an orphan boy, who hangs the body 

 over the fire so that it turns around. 



