48 THE SIA. 



The young ones, having been informed by their parents that they 

 were well provided with food, which would be found in front of their 

 door when hungry, went out for the meat. Ma'asewe and tJ'yuuyewe 

 astonished them by speaking to them. They asked, "When will your 

 mother return!'' The children replied, "Our mother will return in the 

 forenoon." "When yoiu- mother returns will she come to this house?" 

 "No,"replied the young eagles,"she will go to the one above and come 

 hei-e later." "When will your father arrive?" "He will conu' a little 

 later." "Will he come here!" they asked. "No; he will go to the 

 house above." Ma'asewe then destroyed the young eagles. Aft€r 

 killing them he dropped them to the earth below. Upon the return of 

 the mother she stood upon the rock above, and Ma'asewe aimed his 

 arrow at her and shot her through the heart, and she fell to the earth 

 dead; and later, when the father returned, he met with the same fate. 



Now, the boys had destroyed the bad eagles of the world. Then 

 Ma'asewe said, "Younger brother, how will we get down from here? 

 The road to the earth is very long," and, looking up, he said, "The road 

 to the rock above is also very long." Presently Ma'asewe saw a little 

 Ke-ow-uch, or ground squirrel (Tidiiias striatus), and he called to him, 

 saying, "My little brother, we can not get down from here. If you 

 will help us we will pay you; we will give you beautiful eagle plumes." 



The squirrel planted a piflon nut dii'ectly below the boys, and in a 

 short time — almost immediately — for the squirrel knew much of medi- 

 cine, a tall tree was the result. "Now," said the squirrel, "you have a 

 good road. This is all right; see?" And the little animal rau u^) the 

 tree aud then down again, when the boys followed him. 



Upon their return home their mother inquired, " Where have you 

 been?" and when they told her they had visited the house of the eagle 

 she said, "You have been very foolish." At first she disbelieved their 

 statement that they had destroyed the eagles; but they finally con- 

 vinced her and she embraced her boys with pride. The grandmother 

 was also highly pleased. 



The boys remained at home only two days, Ma'asewe being impatient 

 to be gone, and he said to his brother, " Let us go travel again." The 

 home of the boys Avas near the center of the earth, Ko'chinako renuiin- 

 ing here for a time after their birth. When the mother found they were 

 going to travel and hunt again, she begged of them not to go far, for 

 there were still bad people about, and Ma'asewe promised that they 

 would keep near their home. They had gone but a short distance 

 when they saw a woman (a sko'yo) approaching, carrying a large pack 

 which was secured to her back by strings passing around her arms 

 near the shoulder. Ma'asewe whispered to his brother: "See! there 

 comes a sko'yo." The boys stood side by side, when she approached 

 and said, "What are you children doing here?" Ma'asewe replied, 

 "We are just looking about; nothing more." The sko'yo passing her 

 hands over the boys said, "What pretty boys! What pretty children ! 



