William Tyler Olcott

“ As the basket touched the ground they alighted and began dancing about the ring, beating time on a silver ball. White Hawk endeavoured to capture the most beautiful of the maidens, but they all leaped into the basket which was instantly carried up into the sky. The next day White Hawk revisited the spot disguised as a rabbit, and tried in vain to seize one of the dancers. ”

“ She soon became homesick, however, and one day when White Hawk was absent she made a silver basket, and singing her magic chant was carried to the heavens, where she appears now as one of the bright stars near the Crown, the star Arcturus in the constellation Boötes. ”

“ The fact that the stars forming the Crown do not form a complete circle has caused it to appear other than crown-like to various peoples. Thus it is said to resemble a Beggar's Dish with a nicked rim, such as is held out by the beggar to receive alms.
The Australian natives called this constellation "womera," our boomerang, the arrangement of the stars suggesting that weapon to their minds. ”