Crow Ride (One-Way Ticket)
Dreamed c.1920 (definitely before 1927) by J.P.
I dreamt I was going to take a ride with a crow. I sat on its back just below its neck.
The crow flew up with me on him. I held on to him tightly.
It got to the top of a tree and took a rest there. The tree was a beech and there were many other crows there.
My crow could talk Indian and said to me, "Let's go over there."
"All right!" I said.
"Well, hang on."
The other tree was lower and he flew in a big curve and left me there.
Then I thought to myself, "How am I going to get down?"
SOURCE: The Dream in Primitive Cultures edited by Jackson Lincoln, 1935, p 283 in 1970 reprint. Primary source: unpub. field notes of interviews of Ottawa Indians in 1927, by Paul Radin. J.P. was a 73-75 year old man. Title and sketch: Wayan, not J.P.
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