inhabitants of New Mexico. It is so close to Nos. 20-27 in form, however, that it is placed here for convenience of reference. There seems no doubt that the entire group is of Spanish origin. 26. Tepecano: Mason, JAFL, xxvii, 150. E. Diving for cheese. Holding up the rock. Substitute for execution. P. Playing dead to catch game. All as in No. 20. 27. Jicarilla Apache: Russell, JAFL, xi, 267. Fox duped into entering bag. Rabbit tells Fox that he is mak-. ing a bag to protect himself from hail. Fox enters it and is pelted with stone by rabbit. (C. The interrupted feast?) Fox finds Rabbit looking into a beehive. When he puts his face into the hive the bees sting him. J. Tarbaby. Rabbit is caught by a gum scare-crow in a garden. Substitute for execution. [See Chapter XIX, incident C.] 28. Natchez: Swanton, JAFL, xxvi, 194. J. Tarbaby. Regular. K. Briar-patch punishment. Regular. 29. Cherokee: Mooney, RBAE, xix, No. 21. J. Tarbaby. Regular. K. Briar-patch punishment. Regular. 30. Creek: Speck, Southern Workman, xxxviii, 9-11.-31. Takelma: Sapir, No. 6.-32. Osage: Dorsey, No. 20.-33. Shasta: Dixon, JAFL, xxiii, 34.-34. Yana: Dixon, UCal, ix, No. 11. J. Tarbaby. The tarbaby incident occurs in all of these tales, and it seems in every case to be borrowed from negro or European versions. 35. Zuñi: Parsons, JAFL, xxxi, 229.-36. Creek: Speck, The Creek Indians of Taskigi Town, p. 150.-37. Wyandot: Barbeau, GSCan, xi, No. 13.-38. Tlingit: Swanton, BBAE, xxxix, No. 88.-39. Osage: Dorsey, FM, vii (1), No. 12.-40. Dakota, Zitkala-Sa, p. 159.-41. Dakota: Wissler, JAFL, xx, 126.-42. Omaha: Dorsey, JAFL, i, 206.-43. Ponka: Dorsey, CNAE, vi, 271.— 44. Skidi Pawnee: Dorsey, MAFLS, viii, No. 74.-45. Pawnee: Dorsey, CI, lix, No. 147.-46. Cherokee: Mooney, BBAE, xix, No. 31.-47. Sia: Stevenson, RBAE, xi, 147.-48. Hopi: Voth, FM, ix(5), No. 2.-49. Hopi: Voth, FM, viii, No. 58.—50. Maliseet: Jack, JAFL, viii, 193.-51. Abanaki: Leland, p. 56.-52. Cheyenne: Kroeber, JAFL, xiii, 189.-53. Blackfoot: Wissler and Duvall, PaAM, ii, 160.-54. Passamoquoddy: Leland, p. 51, 180.-55. Menominee: Hoffman, RBAE, xiv, 218.-56. Arapaho: Dorsey and Kroeber, FM, v, 237. For other Indian versions see Boas, Kutenai Tales, BBAE, lix, 305. K. Briar-patch punishment for rabbit. In many of these Indian versions the turtle or the tortoise is substituted for the rabbit. The turtle is thrown into the water. This incident forms a part of a widely-distributed Indian tale, and it may well be that not all the versions here cited are borrowed. "The Big Turtle's War Party" seems to be a native tale, and yet the drowning of the turtle is so close to the European incident that it should be mentioned here. 57. Natchez: Swanton, JAFL, xxvi, 195. L. Rabbit rides fox a-courting. Regular. K. Briar-patch punishment for rabbit. Regular. M. Blinding the guard. Regular. For variant see same article. 58. Yuchi: Speck, UPenn, i, No. 18.—59. Skidi Pawnee: Dorsey, MAFLS, viii, No. 76.-60. Osage: Dorsey, FM, vii (1), No. 1.-61. Arikara: Dorsey, CI, xvii, No. 53.-62. Ponka: Dorsey, CNAE, vi, 101.-63. Piegan: Michelson, JAFL, xxix, 409. L. Rabbit rides fox a-courting. Regular. All are obvious borrowings. 64. Biloxi: Dorsey, JAFL, vi, 48. N. Above the ground; below the ground. Rabbit and the Frenchman work the land on shares. Rabbit is told to select his share of the crop, and is duped in the usual manner. J. Tarbaby. Regular. K. Briar-patch punishment for rabbit. Regular. 65. Omaha: Dorsey, JAFL, vi, 49. N. Above the ground; below the ground. Regular. 66. Chuh (Guatemala): Kunst, JAFL, xxviii, 356. J. Tarbaby. Regular. Substitute for execution. [See Chapter XIX, incident C.] E. Diving for reflection. Coyote dives for a tortilla. 67. Ponka: Dorsey, CNAE, vi, 562.-68. Dakota: Zitkala-Sa, p. 103.-69. Sioux: Meeker, JAFL, xiv, 161.-70. Assiniboine: Lowie, PaAM, vi, 109.-71. Quinault: Farrand, JE, ii(3), No. 13.-72. Shoalwater Bay (Salishan): Curtis, N. A. Ind., ix, 125.— 73, 74. Arapaho: Dorsey and Kroeber, FM, v, Nos. 49,50.-75. Cree: Russell, p. 213.-76. Cherokee: Mooney, RBAE, xix, No. 41.-77. Caddo: Dorsey, CI, xli, No. 60.-78. Wichita: Dorsey, CI, xxi, No. 44.-79. Pima: Neff, JAFL, xxv, 55.-80. Menominee: Hoffman, RBAE, xiv, 164.-81, 82, 83. Blackfoot: Wissler and Duvall, PaAM, ii, 29; Uhlenbeck, VKAWA, xii, (1), 64; McClintock, Old North Trail, p. 345.-84. Jicarilla Apache: Russell, JAFL, xiv, 264. E. Diving for reflection of food. In all these Indian tales the trickster dives for the reflection of food. In many cases the incident comes in the midst of a story that appears to be thoroughly native. Some of them may be borrowed from European sources, but it seems unlikely that many of them are. A greater likelihood is that we have here a case of the independent development of an incident. The list of Indian versions given herewith makes pretense to completeness. no 85. Kalispel (Salishan): Curtis, N. A. Ind., vii, 111.-86,87. Ojibwa: Radin, GSCan, Nos. 20, 21.-88. Creek: Speck, p. 155.— 89. Wyandot: Barbeau, GSCan, xi, No. 14.-90. Cherokee: Mooney, RBAE, xix, No. 20.-91. Natchez: Swanton, JAFL, xxvi, 202 (Alabama and Hitchiti references in footnotes).—92. Caddo: Dorsey, CI, xli, No. 67.-93. Arikara: Dorsey, CI, xvii, No. 56.94. Piegan: Michelson, JAFL, xxix, 409.-95, 96. Zuñi: Cushing, p. 277; Parsons, JAFL, xxxi, 221.-—97. Jicarilla Apache: Goddard, PaAM, viii, No. 46.-98. Pochulta: Boas, JAFL, XXV, 214. For further references see Boas, Kutenai Tales, BBAE, lix, 307. O. Turtle's relay race. All of these Indian tales with the exception of 95 and 97 relate to the turtle and are perfectly regula. That they are borrowed does not seem to admit of doubt. same story is told of Gopher in 95 and of Frog in 97. The 99. Zuñi: Parsons, JAFL, xxxi, 231.—100. Sauk and Fox: Jones, JAFL, xiv, 225.-101. Mississagua: Chamberlain, JAFL, ii, 142.-102. Sioux: J. O. Dorsey, American Antiquarian, July 1884, p. 237.-103. Zuñi: Stevenson, RBAE, xi, 150.—104. Wishosk: Kroeber, JAFL, xviii, 103.-105. Cherokee: Mooney, RBAE, xix, No. 19.-106. Natchez: Swanton, JAFL, xxvi, 194.–107. Yuchi: Speck, UPenn, i, No. 21.-108. Caddo: Dorsey, CI, xli, No. 52. P. Playing dead to catch game. In all these versions the trickster lies down and pretends to be dead. Animals crowd around him, and when they are close enough he jumps up and captures them. All the versions except 100 and 104 seem close enough to the West Indian forms to make borrowing seem very probable. 109. Zuñi: Parsons, JAFL, xxxi, 219-221.-110. Zuñi: Cushing, p. 237.-111, 112. Hopi: Voth, FM, viii, Nos. 68, 72.-113. Uintah Utes: Mason, JAFL, xxiii, 310.-114. Nez Percé: Spinden, JAFL, xxi, 150.-115. Blackfoot: McClintock, Old North Trail, p. 343. Q. Borrowed feathers. All the stories given, except possibly Nos. 114 and 115, seem to be borrowings from the Spanish. Several Indian tales contain the first part of the story-the flying with birds' wing-but not the second, the loss of the wings. See:Shoshone: Lowie, JE, ii, No. 5; Iroquois: Smith, RBAE, ii, 108; Upper Yukon: Schmitter, p. 24; Kalispel: Curtis, N. A. Ind., vii, 111. 116. Jicarilla Apache: Goddard, PaAM, viii, No. 45.-117. Kalispel: Curtis, N. A. Ind., vii, 111. R. Riding on back in race. In the first of these, Mole beats Coyote by riding on his back in a race; in the second, Turtle beats Eagle by having Eagle carry him up in the air and then dropping to earth before eagle can reach the goal. The larger number of the animal stories are probably of Spanish origin, though many of them come to the Indian directly from the negro. For the distribution of the animal tales, see the table on p. 459, below. XXV. FABLES. Several of the well-known European fables occur among the Indian tribes. They are usually close enough to the original to make any doubt of their European origin impossible. A. THE FOX AND THE CRANE EUROPEAN VERSION. 1. Aesop's Fables (Townsend edition), p. 175. Cf. Gerber, Great Russian Animal Tales, p. 68. A fox invites a crane to eat with him. He serves him food in a very shallow dish, so that it is impossible for the crane to eat. The crane in turn invites the fox and serves him food in a bottle with a long neck. The crane is able to enjoy the food, but the fox cannot eat. INDIAN VERSIONS. 2. Yuchi: Speck, UPenn, i, No. 16. Parrot serves food to Heron in a flat dish. Heron retaliates by serving food in a long-necked bottle into which Parrot cannot get his bill. 3. Biloxi: Dorsey and Swanton, BBAE, xlvii, 25. Otter serves Brant with food in a shallow dish. Brant retaliates by serving him food in a narrow-mouthed dish into which Otter cannot get his face. 4. Biloxi: Dorsey, JAFL, vi, 49. Rabbit feeds Bear with canes from his briar-patch; Bear retaliates by serving rabbit black bugs. [This version may not belong to the same group of stories as the fable of the Fox and the Crane. There are a number of Indian tales in which one animal invites another and serves him with his own food, which is entirely unsuited to the guest. The treatment is generally repaid in kind. Cf. Shuswap: Teit, No. 14; Tsimshian: Boas, BBAE, xxviii, 7383; Hopi: Voth, No. 93; etc.] B. THE COCK AND THE FOX EUROPEAN VERSION. 1. Lafontaine, Fables, "Le coq et le renard." |