Hig TRADITIONS OF THE CADDO. 
out who he was. She put some black paint on her fingers, and that 
night when the man came she passed her painted fingers across his fore- 
head and made black marks, which the man knew nothing about until 
the next morning. In the morning, when he came in, she saw the 
marks on his forehead, and she knew that he was the man who had 
abused her. When he learned that the people were finding out about 
him he became so ashamed of himself that he wished to leave his people. 
He remembered that when he came into the world the Great-Father- 
Above had promised him that some day he should call him away from 
his people; that he should be placed where the people could see him 
at night, and that he should be with the people allthe time. He knew 
that the time was now approaching when he should be called away 
from his people, and soon he was called away from them. Great- 
Father-Above took him away and placed him far above, where the 
people could see him and the shame-marks on his forehead. 
Medicine-Screech-Owl grew to be a man, and after Moon was gone 
the people gathered again to select another chief, and they selected 
the powerful Medicine-Screech-Owl. His first announcement to the 
people was that they must move on farther west. The people began 
moving westward, climbing the mountains. When they had got on top 
of them they saw a large lake, and they wondered where the water 
came from. Medicine-Screech-Owl called the people’s attention to it, 
and they all came and gathered along the banks of the lake. He then 
spoke to the people, saying: ‘‘ These waters which are before you are 
the tears of your great chief, Moon, for before he was taken up into 
the heavens he came up to this mountain and shed tears for the wrongs 
he had done to his people. So we shall call this mountain Moon’s- 
Tears-on-the-Mountain.’’ The people kept on moving westward until 
they found a place where they wanted to locate their second village. 
They commenced making bows and arrows, which they used in killing 
game. ‘They began to go out a long distance from their village to hunt 
buffalo and other animals. There were several kinds of dangerous 
animals in the country, and at one place near by the people dared not 
go, because there in the water was the most ferocious animal that ever 
lived. Medicine-Screech-Owl told the people that he had some power 
and that he was going to try to kill the animal. One day when he 
was alone he decided to go and destroy the animal. He went out, and 
when he came near the place where the animal was he stopped for a 
short time at the edge of the timber, for he could not locate the animal 
exactly. The name of the animal was Cannibal. The lake was large 
and all around were swamps and thickets. By the aid of his power 
and with a certain motion, Medicine-Screech-Owl made a narrow place 
