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from its parents by the Auuijg-ite, who drew a rose brush across its 

 face to make it cry. As soon as this was doue the Two Faces said, in 

 a woman's voice, " A- wo ! A- wo ! A-wo ! " that being the expression used 

 by Teton women when they wish to soothe crying infants. 



§ 234. The Indians used to hear an Aniiijg-ite or Two Faces pass 

 along kicking the ground. When he kicked the ground with one foot 

 bells used to ring and an owl hooted, and when he kicked with the other 

 it seemed as if a buffalo bull was there, snorting as he does when about 

 to charge. At the next step a chickadee was heard, and when he moved 

 the other foot he made all kinds of animals cry out. The Indians had 

 heard this Auuijg-ite and were afraid of him. Now and then when a 

 man who thought himself strong was alone when he met theAnuijg-ite 

 the latter surprised him by catching him and throwing him iuto one of 

 his ears. These ears were so large that each could hold three men. No 

 person knew where the Anuijg-ite made his abode, and no one cared to 

 follow him; no one dared to go out of doors at night. Now, there was 

 an old man and his wife who had a lodge to themselves, and their only 

 child was a willful boy. One night he was particularly ill-behaved, and 

 when his mother told him to do something he disobeyed her. So she 

 said : " I will put you out of the l(»dge and the Anuyg-ite will toss you 

 into his ear." She did not believe tbis, and merely said it to frighten 

 her son into obedience. Finding him heedless, she seized his arm and, 

 though he began to cry, i)ushed him out of the lodge and fastened the 

 entrance securely. The poor boy ran crying around the lodge, but soon 

 there was silence. The mother in turn began to cry, and went to seek 

 him, but she did not find him outside the lodge. The next morning she 

 and her husband, weeping, went to seek him among the people in 

 the neighboring camj), asking every one about him, but no one had seen 

 him. So they returned to their lodge, and they wept many days for 

 their son. One night the mother was weeping. Suddenly she heard 

 some one say, "Hi" ! hi" ! You said to ihe : Ghost, take that one. Hi" ! 

 hi"!" This was said often, and she noticed a rattling of small bells as 

 the being walked along. Just then she said: "Husband, I think now 

 that a ghost has taken my sou." The husband said: "Yes; you gave 

 the boy to the ghost, and, of course, the ghost took him. Why should 

 you complain? It serves you right." Then the mother cried aloud, so 

 that her voice might have been heard at a distance. Then said she: 

 "Husband, to-morrow night I will lie hid by the wood-pile, and if the 

 ghost comes I will have a knife in my hand, and after I catch it by the 

 leg I will call to you. Be ready to come at once. You must aid me, 

 and I will recover my son, because I know that he threw him into his 

 ear." So the next night sLe lay in wait for the monster. By and by 

 .something was coming, crying out " Hi" ! '" and making all kinds of birds 

 and animals cry out as it walked. She saw a very large being come 

 and stand bj' the lodge. He was very tall, his head being above the 

 smoke-hole, down which he peeped into the lodge. Sirddenly the mother 



