Myths and Legends of the Great Plains

<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_175" id="Page_175">[Pg&nbsp;175]</SPAN></span></p> <h2>THE MILKY WAY</h2> <p class="subtitle">Cherokee</p> <p><span class="dropcap">N</span>ow the Indians had a corn mill, in which they pounded the corn into meal. Several mornings when they came to the stone in which the corn was pounded, they saw that some of the meal had been stolen. Therefore they looked at the ground. They found the tracks of a dog.</p> <p>The next night, the people watched, and when the dog came from the north, they saw him begin to eat meal out of the stone bowl. Then they sprang out and whipped him.</p> <p>The dog ran howling back to the north, dropping the meal from his mouth as he ran. Therefore he left behind a white trail where we now see the Milky Way. But the Cherokees called it &ldquo;Where-the-dog-ran.&rdquo;</p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />