Post by blackcrowheart on Apr 2, 2007 20:25:10 GMT -5
Crane and Hummingbird Race - Alabama
Crane and Humming Bird were wagering things against each other. Humming Bird
said, "I can beat you in a race," but Crane answered, "You can not beat me."
So he said, "Let us meet on a certain sandy beach." "All right," the other
answered.
They jumped up at the same moment and Humming Bird flew out of sight. Crane
flew along slowly behind him. He went all night and all day without stopping
and stood upon a white sandy beach. Afterwards Humming Bird came flying to
the spot. "I have beaten you," said Crane. Crane sang, "He wants to beat
him. Hayoya' hiya hayuya' hi'ya hikamo'ca hikamo'lapi'tcai'i wa wa."
[The last words are said to be in the Muskogee language, but I can not
identify them.]
Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians, by John R. Swanton; Smithsonian
Institution, USGPO, Washington, D.C.; Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
88 [1929] and is now in the public domain.( Alabama )
Crane and Humming Bird were wagering things against each other. Humming Bird
said, "I can beat you in a race," but Crane answered, "You can not beat me."
So he said, "Let us meet on a certain sandy beach." "All right," the other
answered.
They jumped up at the same moment and Humming Bird flew out of sight. Crane
flew along slowly behind him. He went all night and all day without stopping
and stood upon a white sandy beach. Afterwards Humming Bird came flying to
the spot. "I have beaten you," said Crane. Crane sang, "He wants to beat
him. Hayoya' hiya hayuya' hi'ya hikamo'ca hikamo'lapi'tcai'i wa wa."
[The last words are said to be in the Muskogee language, but I can not
identify them.]
Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians, by John R. Swanton; Smithsonian
Institution, USGPO, Washington, D.C.; Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
88 [1929] and is now in the public domain.( Alabama )