38 TRADITIONS OF THE ARIKARA. 
presents and smoke to the Whirlwind. The Whirlwind scattered some 
of the people over the country. The crowd went on again. 
While they were going on, again a noise was heard from behind ~ 
and the people said, ‘Phe buffalo are coming after us again, and Cut- 
Nose is in the lead.” The people ran until they came tto a big timber, 
which was very thick. The Owl came, and tried to make a path for 
the people through the timber, but he failed. The people cried for help. 
The Badger worked a little, digging through the ground, but it also 
failed. The people then looked around for help. The Coyote and the 
Dog came, and they opened a way through the timber. 
These people went on, and again they looked around, and they 
saw the buffalo coming on again. The buffalo ran after the people, 
Cut-Nose with them, and they began to kill the people. The people 
came to deep water. ‘There was no crossing, and the buffalo were 
killing them. They called on the Mother for help. The Dogs came, 
and said, “We will try to make a pathway through this water for 
the people,” but the Dogs failed. The Loons came. They made an 
opening through the waters, and the people passed through, and the 
buffalo were left on the other side. 
The people after crossing this big water went on, and again they 
looked, and there was Cut-Nose coming with the buffalo. The people 
ran. They came to a canyon. The people prayed to Mother to make 
a pathway. She called on the Kingfisher, who struck the bank on each 
side, but failed. The Mole came, struck the bank, and failed. ‘The 
Badger then came and dug on each side of the bank. The banks fell, 
and thus a pathway was formed for the people. They went across, and 
by this canyon they made their village. 
There Mother held ceremonies for the different bundles. Other 
people had also received bundles, but no ceremony. The Awaho bundle 
people were the last to come, and they were the last to receive all the 
ceremonies from Mother, so that these people understood all the cere- 
monies. ‘They were known as “Awaho” (Left-Behind), for ‘these 
people, it seems, had been left behind when the people had come out 
from the ground. So, as the Awaho people went west, following up 
the trail, they found, when they reached the camp sites of the other 
people, meat offerings to the different gods. There was nothing left 
behind by the other people that the Awaho people were afraid to pick 
up, for they claimed to be under the protection of the gods, and 
therefore had a right to all the things that are offered to the gods. So 
the word “Awaho” means “Left-Behind.” Also, it means that they 
may take and cook again, and eat any meat offering to the gods that 
