POWELL. ] : MYTHIC TALES. A5 
when the dawn came into the sky Isat on the top of the mountain and 
did think. Let me tell you what todo: When aman dies, send him 
back when the morning returns, and then will all his friends rejoice.” 
‘“‘Not so,” said the elder; “the dead shall return no more.” The little 
brother answered him not, but, bending his head in sorrow, went away. 
One day the younger Cin-ait-dv was walking in the forest, and saw his 
brother’s son at play, and taking an arrow from his quiver slew the boy, 
and when he returned he did not mention what he had done. The father 
supposed that his boy was lost, and wandered around in the woods for 
many days, and at last found the dead child, and mourned his loss for 
a long time. 
One day the yonnger Cin-ai-av said to the elder, ‘“‘ You made the law 
that the dead should never return. Iam glad that you were the first to 
suffer.” Then the elder knew that the younger had killed his child, and 
he was very angry and sought to destroy him, and as his wrath increased 
theearth rocked, subterraneous groanings were heard, darkness came on, 
fierce storms raged, lightning flashed, thunder reverberated through the 
heavens, and the younger brother fled in great terror to his father, Ta- 
vwots', for protection. 
ORIGIN OF THE ECHO. 
I'-o-wi (the turtle dove) was gathering seeds in the valley, and her 
little babe slept. Wearied with carrying it on her back, she laid it 
under the ti-hd-pi (sage bush) in care of its sister, O-hd-tew (the summer 
yellow bird). Engaged in her labors, the mother wandered away to a 
distance, when a ts6-a-vwits (a witch) came and said to the little girl, “Is 
that your brother?” and O-hd-tew answered, “‘ This is my sister,” for she 
had heard that witches preferred to steal boys, and did not care for 
girls. Then the ts6-a-vwits was angry and chided her, saying that it 
was very naughty for girls to lie; and she put on a strange and hor- 
rid appearance, so that O-hd-tew was stupefied with fright; then the 
tsd-a-vwits ran away with the boy, carrying him to her home on a distant 
mountain. Then she laid him down on the ground, and, taking hold of 
his right foot, stretched the baby’s leg until it was as long as that of a 
man, and she did the same to the other leg; then his body was elon- 
gated; she stretched his arms, and, behold, the baby was as large as a 
man. And the tsé-a-vwits married him and had a husband, which she 
had long desired; but, though he had the body of a man, he had the 
heart of a babe, and knew no better than to marry a witch. 
Now, when J’-0-wi returned and found not her babe under the ti-hé-pi, 
but learned from O-hd-tceu that it had been stolen by a tsd-a-vwits, she 
was very angry, and punished her daughter very severely. Then she 
went in search of the babe for a long time, mourning as she went, and 
