Translation of the Arapaho

2. 'northern goose'

Geese and the Arapaho

In the myth of the origin of the Flat Pipe and the Earth, fresh water is created in a little hole. Once it is created, a flock of geese comes flying - they had been flying all around the world looking for fresh water. The circled in to the hole and drank four times - the first creatures to use the fresh water - and then the people followed them to the water (Dorsey p. 209). The fresh water always flows, from that time onward.