26 THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE WICHITA. 
out to your shore!” The man of the grass-lodge replied to the voice: 
“All right, I will be ready to meet the deer, but I have not yet made 
my arrows, nor_have I got my bow. I must cut and make these first.” 
The man of the grass-lodge went and cut the bow and arrows. Again 
the voice came, saying: “Hurry, the deer are about to land on the 
shore that you are on. You are not to shoot the white deer or the black 
deer, but shoot the last one, that is half black and half white.” The 
man replied: “All right, I will have my bows and arrows ready for 
him.” The man peeled the bark off from his arrows and dried them. — 
The voice came again, telling him to make haste and finish the arrows. 
The man of the grass-lodge again answered, telling how much he had 
done ion the arrows, and that he was feathering them. After a time 
the voice came again, saying: “Hurry!” The man of the grass-lodge 
said: “TI have my arrows ready, but I have yet to put on the string.” 
After he had put on the string the voice came again, and said: “The 
deer are about to land.” The two men went out and saw the deer com- 
ing out of the water toward them. When they got to the bank the white 
and black deer jumped out, and as it was jumping out the man of the 
grass-lodge shot it. After shooting it he heard a voice from above, say- 
ing he had done well. This meant that everything would move, that 
the sun would rise, the stars would move, and the darkness and the light 
would move on. After shooting the deer he followed all of the deer. 
Now the voice was heard from above, saying: “You have done the 
right thing.” The white deer went ahead, then the black one, then the 
one that was wounded. The man of the grass-lodge followed them. 
This man now became Star-that-is-always-moving (Kinnihequidiki- 
dahis). Having-Power-to-carry-Light stayed there after the other 
man had left to follow the deer. By shooting the deer that was half 
black and half white it was signified that there should be days and 
nights. Having-Power-to-carry-Light, as he stood there, looked toward 
the east, where he heard the voice telling what to do, and there he saw 
aman standing across the water on the other shore, who said that there- 
after he should be called Reflecting-Man (Sakidawaitsa), the sun. The 
man on the other shore thought that as he should be known as the 
sun, he would give light, that he would be seen at all times by the peo- 
ple and give them light, and by his powers he would aid them in having. 
great powers. After looking, Having-Power-to-carry-Light looked 
back at the man who had been speaking to him and he was gone; but 
he saw the sun coming up. He then turned back to his home. As he 
went along he began to find out the object of his visit to the grass- 
lodge. This he liked very much. He had light to travel in and could 
