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Rh 32. Chickadee and Elk * (No. 14). — Chickadee wishes to cross a river, and asks 21 Elk to take him across. While Elk is carrying him, Chickadee kills him.

33. Frog and Partridge (No. 15). — Frog Woman marries Partridge. After a while Partridge finds his first wife, and they go back to their children.

34. Beaver and Turtle ^ (No. 16). — ^Turtle goes after the head of a chief while 22 he is asleep. He is captured the next morning. The people threaten to cut off his head: Turtle says he does not fear a knife. They threaten to shoot him: he says he does not fear a bow. They threaten to chop him up: he says he does not fear an ax. 23 They threaten to drown him, and he asks them not to do it. When he is thrown into the water, he swims away, shaking the head of the chief. The people try to pursue him; but Beaver gnaws through their bows, and the pursuers go back.

35. Skunk and Panther ^ (3 versions: Nos. 17, 26, and 34). First Version. — 23 Panther sees Skunk coming, and pretends to be dead. Skunk carries him on his back. Skunk puts Panther down and covers him with his bucket, which Panther breaks. When Skunk comes back, he sees Panther's tracks. Panther climbs a tree. Skunk

1 Apache, JicarlUa (Ooddard Pa/VM 8:228; Russell JAFL 11:263).

Assinlboin (Lowle PaAM 4:202).

Chilcotin (Farrand JE 2:40).

Nez Perc^ (Spinden JAFL 21:21).

Okanagon (Gatschot, Globus 52:137).

Osage (Dorsey FM 7:15, 16).

Pawnee (Dorsey CI 59:453).

SanpoU (Gould MAFLS 11:107).

Shoshoni (Lowie PaAM 2:267).

Shuswap (Teit JE 2:751).

Thompson (Teit MAFLS 6:76).

Ute (Kroeber JAFL 14:270).

Ute, Uinta (Mason JAFL 23:316).

Wichita (Dorsey CI 21:271).

Zufii (Gushing, Folk Tales 243).

See also Caddo (Dorsey CI 41:99); Maidu (Dixon BAM 17:83). »Biloxi (J. O. Dorsey JAFL 6:49).

Blackfoot (Wissler PaAM 2:160).

Cherokee (Mooney RBAE 19:278).

Cheyenne (Kroeber JAFL 13:189).

Dakota (Wissler JAFL 20:126).

Hopi (Voth FM 8:182).

Kickapoo (Jones PAES 9:39).

Laguna (Parsons Pueblo-Indian Folk- Tales, No. X, JAFL 31).

Menominee (Skinner PaAM 13:392).

Micmae and Passamaquoddy ( Leiand 56).

Natchez (Swanton JAFL 26:193).

Ojibwa (Jones JAFL 29:368; PAES 7 [pt. 2]: 117, 343; Radin GSCan 48:61).

Okanagon (Gatschet, Globus 52:138).

Osage (Dorsey FM 7:16).

Pawnee (Dorsey MAFLS 8:275; CI 59:469).

Ponca (Dorsey CNAE 6:275; JAFL 1:207).

See also Celebes (Revue des traditions popiilaires 14: 547); Philippine I. (Bayliss JAFL 21:47); Visayan (Millington and Maxfleld JAFL 20:316); Ceylon (Jataka No. 543, ed. FausbSll, 6.161, 12); Bunnah (Journal Royal Asiatic Society n. s. 24); China (Stanislas Julien, Les Avad&nas 1.201); Angola (Chatelain MAFLS 1:154; A. Seidel, Geschichten und Lieder der Afrikaner 153); North American negroes (H&xrLs, Uncle Remus 53; Parsons JAFL 30:171, 181, 225, where other references to Ameri- can negro versions will be found).

Compare the corresponding tale of the crayfish (Schildburgerbuch, edited by Bobertag 41) and of Brer

Rabbit (JAFL 1:148; Harris, Uncle Remus 25; Fortier MAFLS 2:35; Parsons MAFLS 13:15); Brazil

(Herbert Smith, Brazil, The Amazons and the Coast 551). (Quoted after Dahnhardt, Natursagen4:44.)

See also Chinook (Boas BBAE 20:121); Quinault (Farrand JE 2:91); Snohomish (Haeberlin, personal

information).

» Okanagon (Hill-Tout JAI 41:148).

Sanpoil (Gould MAFLS 11:106). **

Shoshoni (Lowie PaAM 2:271).