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"I will poiut it out to you." Then the children crept into the basket 

 which she can ied on her back and she went into the woods. She was 

 Ao'xLaax (or Ts'o'noqoa). She carried them far into the woods. Then 

 she put the gum on their eyes and carried them to her house. She was 

 a cannibal. Among the children were two sons of the chief of the 

 Wi'sEnts'a; Lo'pEk-'axstEliL ' was the name of the chief. His wife was 

 LE'wag-ilaynqoa. Then she cried, and sometimes she would blow her 

 nose and throw the mucus on the ground. Suddenly she discovered a 

 little boy lying on his back on the floor. He had originated from the 

 mucus of her nose. She took the boy up and carried him into the house. 

 He grew very quickly ; after four days he was quite strong. Then he 

 asked for a bow and two arrows. Now he was called LE'ndEqoayats'E- 

 waL. When he had received his bow and arrows, LE'wag-ilayuqoa 

 asked him not to go across the river, but he did so against her re- 

 quest. He followed the trail which he found ou the other side. He 

 came to a house and entered. There he saw children sitting on the floor, 

 and a woman named E'o'pEk-'axstEliL, who was rooted to the floor. The 

 latter spoke: "Don't stay long, Chief ! She is gone after water; if she 

 should come back, she will kill you." Then he went out and followed the 

 trail. All of a sudden he saw the Ts'o'noqoa coming. She carried a 

 bucket in each hand. The little boy climbed a tree, in order to hide in 

 its branches. The Ts'o'noqoa saw his image in the water and made love 

 to liim. She looked up and discovered him. Then she called him to 

 come down. Now he came down to her and that woman asked him : 

 "How does it happen that you look so pretty?" The boy said: " I put 

 my head between two stones." She replied: "Then I will take two 

 stones too." He sent her to fetch two stones and soon she came back 

 carrying them. She put them down. The boy said: "Now lie down 

 on your back." Then the boy put the one stone under her head and 

 told her to shut her eyes. Then he took the other stone and dropped 

 it as hard as he could ou her head. Her head was smashed and her 

 brains were scattered. She was dead. The boy broke her bones with 

 the stones and threw them into the water. Then he went into her 

 house. As soon as he had entered, the woman who was rooted to the 

 floor said: "Now do not stay long. I know that you have tried to 

 kill the Ts'o'noqoa. It is the fourth time that somebody tried to kill 

 her. She never dies; she has nearly come to life. There in that cov- 

 ered hemlock branch (knothole?) is her life. Go there, and as soon as 

 you see her enter shoot her life. Then she will be dead." She had 

 hardly finished speaking when the Ts'o'noqoa came in, singing as she 

 walked: 



I have the magical treasure, 



I have the superuatural power, 



I can return to life. 



That was her song. Then the boy shot at her life. She fell dead to the 

 floor. Then the boy took her and threw her into the hole in which she 



'This does not seem quite clear. The name means: "Rooted to the floor," and 

 appears farther ou as that of a woman living in the Ts'O'noqoa's house. 



