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mouse-colored horse, with black mane and tail, long black streak from neck to 

 tail, legs at joints striped crosswise and hazy face like smoke. Before starting 

 off on mare, wife tells husband it is last time for her to go out and demand a 

 horse for him. It is sunset before she returns bringing desired animal. That 

 is the way horse paid for his crime. — D. 



108.— The Man who sharpened his Foot. 



One of a party of hunters, unable to restrain his hunger, eats a part of his 

 leg, and then sharpens his foot jn order to kill his friends. They flee to the 

 tribe but the people are unable to injure the insane man. Many are killed. A 

 poor little boy shoots him and the people burn his body. — K. 



109.^ — The Man who sharpened his Foot. 



Two men were traveling. One sharpens his leg to kill the other and pur- 

 sues his friend to a camp. He kills many people there, until one man swallows 

 a rock, against which the point of the leg breaks off. — K. 



no. — The Lame Warrior and the Sjceleton. 



Young men go on war-path on foot, heavily loaned. One, on account of 

 pain in ankle, cannot continue journey. They make him thatched shelter and 

 leave him with good supply of food. After many days snow storm. Man sees 

 buffalo grazing in front of lodge. He kills fattest one, crawls to beef, skins it and 

 lays meat opposite fireplace. During night he hears footsteps. He takes bow 

 and arrows and lays them by his side. Skeleton wearing tanned robe comes in. 

 Skeleton 'tells him not to be frightened, as he had taken pity on him, had 

 caused his ankle to trouble to prevent him from going on war-path, the rest 

 had been killed by enemy. Lame man gives skeleton piece of roast beef to eat 

 and watches it go to stomach. Ghost rubs man's ankle and makes it well. 

 Tells him if enemy shoots him he will be pile of bones covered by robe. Skele- 

 ton leads him to camp. Man possessed of ghost's gift takes part in hand-game. 

 They give him something to hide. He holds it in his hand until they throw 

 buffalo robe over him and he becomes pile of bones under robe. Ghost then 

 tells him not to use his name in vaiin. — D. 



III. — MuLiER CUIUS Vagina multis Dentibus insita est. 



A handsome woman has had several husbands who mysteriously died. 

 Her next husband, suspicious, provides himself with whetstone. Turn ille 

 non membro suo sed cote usus intravit. Ille, cum dentes inesse intellexisset eos 

 cote limavit. — D. 



112. — ^The Man who brought back the Dead Body. 



A girl announces that she will marry the man who brings back a part 

 of the body of her brother, who has been killed in war. An ugly man travels 

 a long time, until he finds the corpse, which he brings back. The girl marries 

 him.— K, 



