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The old woman and her grandson resumed their journey. By and 

 by they encountered the Bear, to whom the old woman said, "Look at 

 your sister's son and go and wrestle with him." The Bear was pulling 

 off the limbs from a tree [to show his strength]. Presently he rushed 

 on the Ancient of Tiny Frogs and seized him. But again was the An- 

 cient of Tiny Frogs the stronger; he took the Bear by the hind legs, 

 whipped him against a tree, breaking off his tail near the roots, and in 

 this state did the Bear depart. After laughing at the Bear, the two 

 resumed their travels. 



Again was the old woman singing as she walked, and on meeting a 

 Buffalo she said to him, just as she had said to the others, "Look at 

 your sister's son, and go to wrestle with him." That very one, the 

 Buffalo, was very strong; with his horns he uprooted a tree and 

 spent a little while in destroying it. Then he rushed at the Ancient 

 of Tiny Frogs. But the latter was too powerful for the Buffalo, whom 

 he seized by the hind legs and beat against a tree, till the back of his 

 neck was broken and he became humpbacked. As he departed the 

 old woman and her grandson were laughing at him, but very soon 

 they went along. 



Again did the old woman sing as she walked, and it was not long 

 before they met a Deer. To him, too, she said, "Look at your 

 sister's son and wrestle with him." After leaping up and alighting 

 on the ground, the Deer attacked the Ancient of Tiny Frogs; but the 

 latter seized him by the hind legs and beat him against a tree, breaking 

 his nose in several places and leaving him a very small nose. 



Then said the Ancient of Tiny Frogs to the Deer : " I shall remain 

 here under the leaves. It makes no difference. When [the hunter] 

 has nearly reached the place where they chase the deer, I will urge you 

 on [to escape], by saying, 'Pes! pes!' When I say that, do your best 

 [to get away]!" The Ancient of Tiny Frogs had scarcely finished 

 giving this information to the Deer, when he cried out, "Pes! pes! 

 pes! I will say it, as it is so. Go quickly! Do your best ! " For just 

 then the hunter had come sure enough. 



Therefore when a tiny frog cries out now the people say that some 

 one has almost run after a deer [or, is on the point of running after a 

 deer]. 



18. The Water People 



A^'ya' xoxo'hitu a'^tatka' nax ka' kino'^'tu ha°' si°to' ya'ndi ade' 



People they are old child sitting (ob.) they had the and boy the (sub.) speech 



care of [another's 

 children] 



kuna'xeni'xti ka"^ ade' ki'yetu' dixyi"^' etike' kwia'hanixti ande' 



did not listen to when speech they said to when [-ever] so he would not think was 

 at all him of such things 



[=they spok* to him] 



