292 THE MYTHOLOGY “OF? THE .WICHTITA. 
The prophet was told by a voice from above that he had a work 
that was soon to begin, for everything was going wrong; that he was 
to begin a work; that things were getting worse. The prophet was 
told to get a tall cane, and place in between the joints all kinds of seeds, 
grass, corn, etc., using joint after joint of the cane. Then he was told 
to select in pairs those animals he thought best should be saved. He 
was to save all the good ones and leave out all the bad ones. The voice 
said it would attend to the bad ones. He also told the prophet to tell 
him when he had everything ready; he should set up the, pole 
in the. ground, crawl into it ‘himself and then let him know that 
everything was ready. He was then told to go to the north where 
he would see some one standing; that he should tell him that he had 
everything ready, and beg him to go ahead with his work and do the 
rest. After the prophet had put everything in the cane he went to the 
man in the north and told him that everything he wished to save was 
in the cane, and he asked him to go ahead with the work and finish it. 
The man at the north replied that he would soon send some one back 
to the village of the prophet; that when the time should come there 
would be a sign indicating that dire things were going to happen; 
that the fowls and animals would be seen coming from the north and 
going to the south. On a certain day the fowls of the air appeared in 
the north, like a cloud, and they flew toward the south. The prophet 
crawled into the cane. The people wondered what was the reason 
for this. Finally the animals came, and the people began to find out 
what was about to happen. They began to cry and to run for the 
mountains and for other places, but it did them no good. After the 
birds and the animals had passed there came a flood, and the water 
was all over, and it got deeper and deeper. The bad people were 
drowned and everything else that was not in the cane. 
While the flood was going on the monsters stood straight up. The 
thing that the man in the north was about to send from the north he 
sent, and it got under the feet of the monsters. After the monsters 
had stood a long time on the same ground they began to tire out. The 
thing that the man from the north had sent was a water-monster, the 
Turtle, and the Turtle was sent to destroy the monsters. The Turtle 
got under the feet of the monsters, that were still facing the four differ- 
ent directions. The cane stood up by the monsters, and it stood until, 
after the water had gone down. When the flood was flowing swiftly 
the cane would roar like thunder. Finally one of the monsters said 
to his brothers: “How are your legs? Can you stand?” ‘The other 
three said their legs were giving out; that it was getting slippery, for 
a large Turtle was under them and they were about to be destroyed. 
