I1O TRADITIONS OF THE CADDO. 
them and stays at home. He is unmarried and lives with his father and mother 
and one very young sister. Unknown to his father and mother, Moon goes by 
night to see his own sister. She does not know who he is; but one night she put 
black paint on her fingers, and when man comes she passes fingers across fore- 
head and makes black marks. In morning she sees marks on his forehead. When 
Moon learns that people are finding out about him, he is ashamed and wishes to 
leave them. Father-Above takes him away and places him far above, where people 
can see his shame marks on his forehead. After Moon has gone, people select 
Medicine-Screech-Owl as chief. He makes them move westward, climbing moun- 
tains. At top they see large lake, and Medicine-Screech-Owl says waters are tears 
shed by Moon for wrongs he had done his people. People keep moving on west- 
ward and make bows and arrows. They go long distance to hunt buffalo and 
other animals. One place they dare not go to, as in water there is most ferocious 
animal. Medicine-Screech-Owl goes to kill animal. He makes narrow road 
through thicket and sees animal. He has bow and some corn to use in killing it. 
He throws corn into air and it becomes blackbirds, which fly over head of animal. 
When animal rises to draw blackbirds down, Medicine-Screech-Owl shoots it 
through heart, first from right, then from left side. Animal falls and dies. Coyote 
now becomes bad man and makes all kind of trouble among people. Medicine- 
Screech-Owl tells Coyote he must go, but on Coyote’s saying he is going to stop 
his mean tricks, chief allows him to stay until he should be captured or killed at 
any time. 
2. THE ORIGIN OF DAY AND NIGHT. 
In beginning people live in darkness. They discuss how they can get light. 
Man who is prophet is appointed by Coyote to investigate. Prophet reports that 
there are yellow, black, spotted, half-spotted, and white deer. He says that if 
they kill both black and white deer they will have day and night. They hunt 
until they kill black and white deer, and from that time we have had day and night. 
3. THE ORIGIN OF ANIMALS. 
People and animals live together and are samein beginning. Aftera time there 
is not food for all. Council is held and chiefs determine that some shall become 
animals and be hunted for food. People living near burnt grass are rolled in 
ashes until they become bears. They are given ten lives. When killed first time, 
second life is to arise from blood spilled upon ground, and so on through other 
lives up totenth, bear to become fiercer each life, and finally to eat human beings, 
People living near long grass are rolled and become buffalo. They are given ten 
lives and put to live upon prairie. Deer are made in same way, and after them all 
other animals. 
4. COYOTE REGULATES LIFE AFTER DEATH. 
Coyote proposes rule that when any one dies he shall be dead forever and no 
living person ever see him again. People are well pleased, and from that time 
when anybody dies he is gone forever. People are taken to sky and become stars. 
Morning-Star has three brothers, and he is leader. He gets up early now, because 
formerly he was errand-man and had to riseearly. His brothers are Evening-Star, 
North-Star, and South-Star. They watch lest enemy should approach. Their 
father was Great-Star and was chief of people. They believe every one when he 
dies goes up to sky. 
