I3C THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE WICHITA. 
stamped the ground all around the place; but the young man had be- 
come an ant and had crawled away, then he got on his feet and ran for 
his life. The Buffalo ran after him, and when they were nearly up 
with him the young man commanded himself to become a small bird. 
Again the Buffalo asked what they should do, and the woman-Buffalo ~ 
told them that they must tramp over the ground, for the young man 
had turned into a small bird and was running through the grass. 
While the Buffalo were asking these questions the young man crawled 
a long way off and got on his feet and was making a hard run for his 
life. The Buffalo ran after him until they were near him, then they 
saw that he was using one of his arrows. These were powerful arrows, 
and would carry him along with them every time he shot them. First, 
he shot the black arrow and was carried a long way with it until 
he lit on his feet again. He stayed on his feet until the Buffalo were 
nearly up with him, then he used another arrow, which carried him for 
a long way. Then he went on his feet again for a while, until the 
Buffalo nearly caught up with him. Then he used another arrow, and 
in this way he traveled fast and kept ahead of the Buffalo until he 
used his last arrow. Then he climbed up an elm tree and the Buffalo 
gathered all around the tree and hooked it. 
At home the young man’s Dogs grew so restless and nervous that 
the young man’s father cut the ropes from off their necks and they came 
to his rescue. The tree was about to fall when the dogs arrived, and 
just as the tree fell the Dogs came running, one behind the other, first 
the white, then the black, then the reddish-colored Dog. The Dogs 
saved the life of the young man, for they chased the Buffalo a long way 
off out of sight. The young man turned and went home; but he never 
saw his Dogs any more. Arriving at his home, he told the story of his 
narrow escape and how his Dogs chased the herds of Buffalo. After a 
time the young man said to his father, mother, and sister that some 
further accident might happen to him if they stayed in that place any 
longer, and so they left their village and became Swift-Hawks (Gus- 
seids). ‘Their old home was changed into a tree; and the meat they 
had was changed to the bark of a tree. 
19. THE STORY OF CHILD-OF-A-DOG.* 
In these times some of the people lived in a village, and some by 
themselves, as we do now. Among those who lived apart by themselves 
were an old woman and a young girl. The girl was the granddaughter 
of this old woman, and the girl had a small dog that was living with 
*Told by Yellow-Tipi (Towakoni). 
