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Then the woman said, " There is some strange being- that comes from 

 the country far up above [in the upper world?], and when it alights 

 on the ground, it kills the people. It will kill me, too, to-night." 



The man asked her, "Where does it usually alight?" Then she 

 took him thither. He lay down there, and the woman started home. 

 By and by something bad and cunning alighted. It was very large 

 and tall as well as mysterious. But the man killed it, cut off one ear 

 and the nose, and started home. 



Very early the next morning the Ancient of Black-headed Buzzards 

 found the body of the slain monster. He cut off the other ear and a 

 piece of the flesh, and he said that he, the Ancient of Black-headed 

 Buzzards, had killed the monster that had been devouring the people. 

 "I was the first [to overcome him]," said he. He carried the ear and 

 piece of flesh to the chief's house, and said that he had killed the man. 

 Then they wished to make the Ancient of Black-headed Buzzards a 

 chief. They washed him, making him very white, and seated him on 

 an elevated seat, and they were seated, too. 



They sent for the man who had really killed the monster; and he 

 brought to the chief's house the nose and ear of the monster, throw- 

 ing them down before the chief. And then he said, ''Is this sitting 

 one [the Ancient of Black-headed Buzzards] a chief ?" No sooner had 

 the words passed his lips than he seized the Ancient of Black-headed 

 Buzzards and thrust his head into the fire. He threw him about at 

 random, making him fall to the ground. And then the Ancient of 

 Black-headed Buzzards was making a sort of blowing noise, just as 

 buzzards now make. And because he was treated thus, his head is 

 bald. 



When the chief learned the truth, he gave to the real slayer of the 

 monster the woman whom he had met in the solitary house. And 

 the woman said to her new husband, "Let us go bathing." But the 

 man refused to go for some time. At length he yielded to her entrea- 

 ties, although he did not care about going. They went to a small 

 stream. He said to the woman, "Go and bathe," but he sat at some 

 distance from the stream. The woman said to him, "Go and bathe," 

 and on his refusal she took up water in her hand and threw it on 

 him. Immediately the stream became very large, and the man went 

 into it and was never seen again. Then the woman shrieked aloud 

 and went home. 



11. How THE Dog Delivered Men 



Ma'ni ande'-ya° A'^ya' tcaxti'ye a'nde o°'xa. E'ke o'^'nidi' a°ya' 



Wild that run- Men was killing many of in the Therefore people 



Turkey ningone (People) them as he ran past. 



anahi'^'-ka'* na'^pu'ni ha'ude o°'nidi e'keo'^'ni u'^'naho'^'ni. A°ya' 



hair (ob.) wore as a was because therefore he has hair. People 



necklace 



