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where he stood when he struck the ball would be called “ flowing water” (the 
goal). Then he took the ball, tossed it, went with it, and again struck it 
southward. Where it hit was the second “ flowing water,” or goal. Between 
these two goals or bases was level ground, and in both directions as far as you 
could see. Then he divided the men into two parties, and placed one at each 
goal. Between these two parties and in the center of the field he placed two 
men, one from each of the two parties. He gave one man the ball and told him 
to toss it up. As the ball was tossed he told the other man to strike it towards 
the south. He did so and drove the ball towards his opponents on the south. 
Now they played, and the north side drove the ball to the south goal and won. 
‘Then they changed goals, and the other side won. Then Darkness said they 
had played enough. 
Dr George A. Dorsey also relates that in the Wichita creation 
Jegend the first man, Having-Power-to-carry-Light, gave the men a 
ball smaller than the shinny ball. 
He told them this ball was to be used to amuse themselves with; 
that the men were to play together and the boys were to play together. 
Whenever a child was born, if it was a boy this kind of ball was to 
be given to it, that he might observe it and learn how to move around. 
The ball had a string to it. The farther the ball rolled—that is, the 
older the child should get—the faster it would move around. He went 
on and taught the men how to play the game, for the people were 
ignorant and did not know what the things were for. Finally, the 
men were shown how the ball should be used. He showed them the 
clubs for the shinny game. He told them they should be divided 
equally in the game, one party on one side and the other party on 
the other side. Many were interested, for the game was new to them. 
Many of the men were fast on their feet. The game was to be won 
by the side that should get the ball to the goal first. Having-Power- 
to-carry-Light also told them how to travel with the arrows and ball. 
This marks the time when they learned to travel fast from one place 
to another. The men went out hunting animals after they had been 
tanght that animals existed for their use, and they traveled with 
their arrows and ball. They would shoot an arrow in the directior 
they wanted to go; then they would go with the arrow as it went up. 
This is the way they traveled. They would hit the ball, and as it flew 
the person would be on the ball. When the ball hit the ground 
they would hit it again, and so they would go from place to place. 
In the story of “ The Deeds of After-Birth Boy ”” his father made 
his boy a shinny ball and stick. This ball was what we call “ ball- 
for-young-boys ” (kasintswiks). 
Again, in the story of “ The Deeds of After-birth-Boy ” the father 
made his two boys a shinny ball and two sticks, with which they 
played a game against the Headless-Man, the stake to be their own 
«The Mythology of the Wichita, p. 27, Washington, 1904. 
>Ibid., p. 92. 
