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ARIKARA. 
Dr George A. Dorsey,* in The Origin of the Arikara, describes 
them as coming in their journeyings to a great lake where they had 
their village for some time. They made games at this place. Shinny 
is specified. 
At other places they had long javelins to catch a ring with. The side that 
won began to kill the people who were on the other side, and whose language 
they could not understand. 
Doctor Dorsey,” in the story of * The Buffalo Wife and the Javelin 
Game,” relates also the following: 
Young man out hunting dreams of two buffalo bulls turning into sticks 
and of buffalo cow turning into ring. In morning he sees cow and _ lies 
with her. Finds ring in grass and wears it on his wrist. He makes sticks 
and plays game with young men, winning many things. Goes hunting 
and sees old woman, who induces him to carry her across river on his back. 
He can not throw her off, and he goes home with her fast to his back. Medi- 
cine-men are sent for, but they can do nothing. Poor boy puts on old robe and 
goes to young man’s lodge with bow and four arrows of different colors. He 
shoots black arrow and splits woman in two. With red arrow he takes her off 
boy. The other arrows he places on boy’s back to remove sore spot. Old woman 
is then burned. Next day crying and voice are heard near where woman 
burned. Young man finds ring has gone. White tipi with woman and child 
inside appears where others were. Young man goes to see it and woman with 
new buffalo robe passes by him, having child. Young man makes bundle of 
eagle feathers and follows them. They become buffalo. Calf communicates 
with father, and woman finally becomes reconciled to him. They come to hill 
on which Buffalo bull, boy’s grandfather, is waiting for them. Man puts two 
eagle feathers on his horns. He sends them onto next hill and at last they come 
to hill with four Buffalo bulls, chiefs of Buffalo camp. Man puts feathers on 
their heads. They are sent into village and Buffalo become mad because man 
has not feathers enough to go round. Man made to sit on hill until they decide 
what to do with him. He sticks flint knife into ground and asks gods to form 
stone around where he sits. Buffalo devise various ways for killing him, but do 
not succeed in doing so. They decide to send man with Buffalo cow and ealf to 
Indian village with presents. Buffalo bull turns man into Buffalo. Buffalo fol- 
low them. Man finds village and tells errand. People bring eagle feathers and 
native tobacco, which man takes to Buffalo. Buffalo willing to be slaughtered 
and man tells chiefs. Four times people go and kill Buffalo. Leader of Buffalo 
gives man sticks to play with. Sticks and ring different kinds of people. Man 
lives long life. Buffalo calf starts Buffalo ceremony among people. 
Cappo. Oklahoma. 
Tn the story of the * Brothers Who Became Lightning and Thun- 
der” Doctor Dorsey ° tells of two brothers, the elder of whom made 
two arrows for his young brother; one he painted black and the other 
he painted blue. They then made a small wheel out of the bark of the 
elm tree. One of the boys would stand about fifty yards away from the 
«Traditions of the Arikara, p. 15, Washington, 1904. >Ibid., p. 189. 
¢ Traditions of the Caddo, p. 35, Washington, 1905. 
