Reading Notes: Part A, Apache Tales
Coyote Secures Fire
Story source: Jicarilla Apache Texts edited by Pliny Earle Goddard (1911).
I chose this story to take notes on because it is dealing with animals and that is the focus of my portfolio. Also, I live in Lawton, OK which is close to a large part of the Apache tribes.
Upon a hill, the fireflies had their came and were the only animals who had fire and they were playing hoop and pole with the otters. There was no way to get to the firefly camp because there was no trail leading up to the camp. The coyote was frustrated by this. He was seeking a way to get to the fireflies in order to get the fire, but he could not find a way to get there. He went to the children and asked if they knew if there was a way to get to the camp and the children would not tell him. He came back later to the children with berries and bribed them to tell him the way to the camp. The coyote set on his way to the firefly camp. When he reached the camp he entered into a game of hoop and pole and was stripped of his skin because of it. When it became night, the fireflies built a fire in the center of the camp and every one started to dance around it. The coyote tied the cedar bark he had brought with him to steal the fire to his tail and dipped it in the fire. The other animals called to him that his tail was on fire, but the coyote said his tail would not burn. The coyote took off running and ran around the entire world with his tail on fire. Little did he know that he was setting everything on fire as he ran by it and the world burned black. That is why you can make a fire with a drill from all kinds of trees now.
Releasing the Buffalo
Story source: Jicarilla Apache Texts edited by Pliny Earle Goddard (1911).
Long ago animals where camping on a plain where food became scarce and they became very hungry. The Raven would fly around looking for food and bringing it back to the animals when he could. One day the raven left and flew to where no one could see him but the bat and the rattle snack. The animals moved their camp four times in order to keep up with the raven. The raven started to bring back a lot of buffalo meat and plentiful food. The animals wondered where he was getting this meat to they disguised an apache as a dog in order to try and figure out where the raven was going to get this food. The raven had all the buffalo in the world in a pen and would just kill one when he needed food. This was very selfish of the raven because he had plenty, but many others were starving. The man disguised as the dog was in the ravens house one night and went and let all of the buffalo out of the pen. This is now why buffalo roam the plains and people of the early ages were able to survive on buffalo meat and hides.
Story source: Jicarilla Apache Texts edited by Pliny Earle Goddard (1911).
I chose this story to take notes on because it is dealing with animals and that is the focus of my portfolio. Also, I live in Lawton, OK which is close to a large part of the Apache tribes.
Upon a hill, the fireflies had their came and were the only animals who had fire and they were playing hoop and pole with the otters. There was no way to get to the firefly camp because there was no trail leading up to the camp. The coyote was frustrated by this. He was seeking a way to get to the fireflies in order to get the fire, but he could not find a way to get there. He went to the children and asked if they knew if there was a way to get to the camp and the children would not tell him. He came back later to the children with berries and bribed them to tell him the way to the camp. The coyote set on his way to the firefly camp. When he reached the camp he entered into a game of hoop and pole and was stripped of his skin because of it. When it became night, the fireflies built a fire in the center of the camp and every one started to dance around it. The coyote tied the cedar bark he had brought with him to steal the fire to his tail and dipped it in the fire. The other animals called to him that his tail was on fire, but the coyote said his tail would not burn. The coyote took off running and ran around the entire world with his tail on fire. Little did he know that he was setting everything on fire as he ran by it and the world burned black. That is why you can make a fire with a drill from all kinds of trees now.
Releasing the Buffalo
Story source: Jicarilla Apache Texts edited by Pliny Earle Goddard (1911).
Long ago animals where camping on a plain where food became scarce and they became very hungry. The Raven would fly around looking for food and bringing it back to the animals when he could. One day the raven left and flew to where no one could see him but the bat and the rattle snack. The animals moved their camp four times in order to keep up with the raven. The raven started to bring back a lot of buffalo meat and plentiful food. The animals wondered where he was getting this meat to they disguised an apache as a dog in order to try and figure out where the raven was going to get this food. The raven had all the buffalo in the world in a pen and would just kill one when he needed food. This was very selfish of the raven because he had plenty, but many others were starving. The man disguised as the dog was in the ravens house one night and went and let all of the buffalo out of the pen. This is now why buffalo roam the plains and people of the early ages were able to survive on buffalo meat and hides.
(buffalo)
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