made to "Big-Money." "Aha!" said the negro,
"now I know. You talkin' 'bout ole Mammy-Bammy Big-Money," and then he
went on to tell, not only the story which Mrs. Prioleau had kindly
sent, but the story of Brother Rabbit's visit to the old Witch-Rabbit.

Mr. Tuggle's collection of Creek legends will probably be published
under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution, and it will form a
noteworthy contribution to the literature of American folk-lore. In the
Creek version of the origin of the ocean, the stream which the Lion
jumps across is called Throwing-Hot-Ashes-on-You. Another Creek legend,
which bears the ear-marks of the negroes, but which the writer has been
unable to find among them, explains why the 'Possum has no hair on his
tail. It seems that Noah, in taking the animals into the ark, forgot the
'Possums; but a female 'Possum clung to the side of the vessel, and her
tail dragging in the water, all the hair came off. No male 'Possum,
according to the story, was saved. Mr. Tuggle has also found among the
Creeks a legend which gives the origin of fire. One time, in the
beginning, the people all wanted fire, and they came together to discuss
the best plan of getting it. It was finally agreed that the Rabbit
(Chufee) should go for it. He went across the great water to the east,
and was there received with acclamation as a visitor from the New World.
A great dance was ordered in his honor. They danced around a large fire,
and the Rabbit entered the circle dressed very gayly. He had a peculiar
cap upon his head, and in this cap, in place of feathers, he had stuck
four sticks of resin, or resinous pine. As the people danced, they came
near the fire in the centre of the circle, and the Rabbit also
approached near the fire. Some of the dancers would reach down and
touch the fire as they danced, while the Rabbit, as he came near the
fire, would bow his head to the flame. No one thought anything of this,
and he continued to bow to the fire, each time bowing his head lower. At
last he touched the flame with his cap, and the sticks of resin caught
on fire and blazed forth. Away he ran, the people pursuing the
sacrilegious visitor. The Rabbit ran to the great water, plunged in, and
swam away to the New World; and thus was fire obtained for the people.

The student of folk-lore who will take into consideration the widely
differing peculiarities and characteristics of the negroes and the
Indians, will have no difficulty, af