ABSTRACT
For the fourth time Buffalo threw himself upon the earth, And the speckled corn, Together with the speckled squash, He tossed into the air, Then spake, saying: “What living creature is there that has no mate?” And thus he wedded together the speckled corn, a male, to the speckled squash, a female. He continued: “The little ones shall use this plant for food as they travel the path of life. Thus they shall make for themselves to be free from all the causes of death as they travel the path of life.” Osage myth
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Caddoan An American Indian language family that spread northwestward from Louisiana and east Texas into the central plains of North America. It includes Caddo, Pawnee, Wichita, and so on.
