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must not go near the lake." Ma'asewe replied, "Very well, mother; I 

 do not care to go that way and I will look about near home." But 

 when the boys had gone a little distance Ma'asewe said to his younger 

 brother, "Let us go to the lake that mother talked of. " U'yuuyewe re- 

 plied: "I do not care to go tliere, because our mother told us not to go 

 that way;" but Ma'asewe importuned his younger brother to go, and 

 U'yuuyewe replied, "Very well." They then followed the road in- 

 dicated by their mother until the lake was discovered. 



It was now about the middle of the day, and Ma'asewe said "There 

 are no i)eople here, none at all; I guess mother told us a story; " but 

 in a little while he saw a great wolf appi'oach the lake; then they saw 

 him enter the lake; he was thirsty, and drank; both boys saw him at 

 the bottom of the lake and they exclaimed: "See! he looks pretty in 

 the bottom of the lake." Ma'asewe said: "1 guess he will drink all 

 the water; see, the water grows less and less." And when all the 

 water was gone there was no wolf in the bottom of the lake and then 

 the boys discovered the wolf on a low mesa, it having been only his 

 reflection they had seen in the lake. The boys aimed their arrows at 

 him, but they did not hit him and the wolf threw a large stick 

 at them, but they bowed tlieir heads and it passed over them. 

 Ma'asewe said to U'yuuyewB : " I guess these people are those of whom 

 mother spoke; see," said he, "this stick is the same as those given us 

 by our father." The boys carried their rabbit sticks of great size and 

 Ma'asewe aimed one of his at the wolf, who wore a shirt of stone which 

 could be penetrated only at certain points. The wolf again threw a 

 stick, but the boys jumped higli from the ground and the stick passed 

 under them. Ma'asewe said to U'yuuyewe, "Now, younger brother, 

 you try. " U'yuuyewg had not used his arrows or sticks up t(j this 

 time. He replied, " All right," and throwing one of his sticks he 

 struck the wolf in the side, and the protective shirt was destroyed for 

 the moment. Then Ma'asewe threw a stick, but the shirt of stone 

 again appeared protecting the wolf. U'yuuyewC, throwing a second 

 stick killed the wolf. Then Ma'asewe said, "Younger brother, the wolf 

 is destroyed; let us return; but we will first secure his heart;" and 

 with a stone knife he cut the wolf down the breast in a straight line, 

 and took out the heart, which he preserved, saying: "Now we will 

 return to our home. " 



Upon their reaching home, their mother inquired: "Where have you 

 been, where have you been?" "We have been to the lake," said the 

 boys. "My boys, you are fooling me." "No, we are speaking the 

 truth." "Why did you go there!" Ma'asewe replied, "We wished 

 very much to see the lake." The mother asked: "Did you not see any 

 Sko'yo?" "Yes," said Ma'asewe, "we saw one; at least we saw a 

 great wolf;" and the mother cried, "Oh, my boys, you are not good 

 boys to go there." Then Ma'asewe told his mother that they had killed 

 the wolf. At first, she refused to believe him; but when Ma'asewe de- 



