280 MYTHS OF THE CHEKOKEK [eth.ann.19 



33. THE MIGRATION OF THE ANIMALS 



111 tho old times when the aiiiinuls u.sed to talk and hold councils, 

 and the Gi'uljworm and Woodchuek u.sed to many people, there was 

 once a great famine of mast in the mountains, and all the animals and 

 ))irds which lived upon it met together and sent the Pigeon out to 

 the low counti'Y to see if anj' food could be found there. After a 

 time she came back and reported that she had found a country where 

 the mast was ''up to our ankles" on the ground. So they got 

 together and moved down into the low country in a great army. 



34. THE WOLF'S REVENGE— THE WOLF AND THE DOG 



Kiina'ti had wolves to hunt for him, because they are good hunters 

 and never fail. He once sent out two wolves at once. One went to 

 the east and did not return. The other went to the north, and when 

 he returned at night and did not find his fellow he knew he iiuist ])e 

 in trouble and started after him. After traveling on some time 

 he found his brother lying ni^irly dead beside a great gi'eensnake 

 {mlikini'i/i) which had attacked him. The snake itself was too badly 

 wounded to crawl away, and tlie angry wolf, who had magic powers, 

 taking out several hairs from his own whiskers, shot them into the 

 body of the snake and killed it. He then hurried back to Kana'ti, 

 who sent the Terrapin after a great doctor who lived in the west to 

 .save the wounded wolf. The wolf went back to help his brother and 

 by his magic powers he had him cured long liefore the doctor came 

 from the west, because the Terrapin was such a slow traveler and the 

 doctor had to prepare his roots liefore he started. 



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In the beginning, the people say, the Dog was put on the mountain 

 and the Wolf beside the fire. When the winter came the Dog could 

 not stand the cold, so he came down to the settlement and drove the 

 Wolf from the fire. The Wolf ran to the mountains, where it suited 

 him so well that he prospered and increased, until after a while he 

 ventured down again and killed some animals in the .settlements. The 

 people got together and followed and killed him, but his brothers 

 came from the mountains and took such revenge that ever since the 

 people have been afraid to hurt a wolf. 



Bird Myths 

 35. the bird tribes 



Winged creatures of all kinds are classed under the generic term of 

 anina! hilid(%' hi (flj^ers). Birds are called, alike in the singular and 

 plural, fiii'»hwa, the term being generally held to exclude the domestic 

 fowls introduced by the whites. When it is necessary to make the 

 distinction they are mentioned, respectively, as mui^(?/; ? (living in the 



