boy did so. At once the whole country became a sea. He who
followed was obliged to stop. He said, "Alas, my horse, have mercy on
me and take me to the other side. If you do, I will value you very
highly."

"Oh, I am not willing to do that," the horse replied. But he continued
to urge. Then he threw himself down from above the water, so that when
he came to the middle of it, he went down and both he and the horse
were drowned. But the boy passed safely on.

So he came to the dwellings of people and remained there. But from
behind they came to attack and fought with them. But the boy turned
his head around, and his head was covered with gold; also the horse he
sat upon was golden, and those who came against him were thrown off
their horses and only a few remained when the battle was over. Again,
when they returned to the attack, he destroyed them all. So the boy
was much thought of by the people.

THE MILKY WAY

_Cherokee_

Now the Indians had a corn mill, in which they pounded the corn into
meal. Several mornings when they came to the stone in which the corn
was pounded, they saw that some of the meal had been stolen. Therefore
they looked at the ground. They found the tracks of a dog.

The next night, the people watched, and when the dog came from the
north, they saw him begin to eat meal out of the stone bowl. Then they
sprang out and whipped him.

The dog ran howling back to the north, dropping the meal from his
mouth as he ran. Therefore he left behind a white trail where we now
see the Milky Way. But the Cherokees called it "Where-the-dog-ran."

COYOTE AND GRAY FOX

_Ponca_

Gray fox was very fat. Coyote said, "Younger brother, what has made
you fat?" "Elder brother," said the Gray Fox, "I lie down on the trail
in the way of those who carry crackers, and I pretend to be dead. When
they throw me in the wagon, I lie there, kicking the crackers out.
Then I leap out and start home eating. It is the crackers which make
me fat. Elder brother, I wish you would do likewise. Elder brother,
you have large feet, so I think will knock out a great many crackers."

Coyote went to the place and lay down in the trail. When the white man
came along, he threw Coyote into the wagon. The white man thought, "It
is not the first time he has acted in this way," so he tied the feet
of Coyote. Having put the Coyote in the wagon, the white man went to
his house. He threw Coyote out near an old outhouse. Then th