70 BUREAU OF AMEKICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL.2y 



Story of the Food-civitstj-town people 



[Told liy Edwani of the Food-giviiig-town people] 



The town of S(ie'na^ was in existence. And Supernatural-wonian-iii- 

 whoni-is-thunder^ came to be settled [there], [along with] the Middle- 

 town people,^ Sand-town people,* Point-town people,'' Rear-town 

 people," Witch people,' Food-giving-town people, Mud-town people." 



After the town had stood there for some time some boys split pieces 

 of cedar with their teeth, put the ends into the tire, and made them 

 hard and sharp. The}' then fastened small stones to the ends, and 

 went from house to house, tr3'ing to shoot the dogtish roe through 

 holes in the corners of the houses b}' means of bows. They burst 

 them in this wa}' and then laughed. 



After they had shot for a Avhile they burst the skins full of dogtish 

 roe belonging to the mother of the town chief. Then troul)le arose, 

 and the people fought each other with arrows and war spears. 



Now, after they had fought for a while they went away on their 

 canoes. The Middle-town people went; the Point-town people went; 

 the Rear-town people went; the Witch people went; and only the 

 Food-giving-town people remained in the place. After the}^ had 

 lived there for a while the}', too, moved off to Lanai'ya.'' 



They continued to live there. They liked the place. And the 

 Witch people came to have a town, Falling-forward town, on the 

 other side of them. They were good friends to each other. 



After they had lived a while at Lanai'ya the wife of a man of the 

 Food-giving-town people became sick. When she fell sick she suf- 

 fered all night. And she directed her husl)and as follows: " When 1 

 die, have them put four doglish on top of me, because I used to like 

 them as food. Do not put ropes around me. I am afraid to have 

 ropes put around me." 



And, after she had suffered for four nights, she died at nightfall. 

 Then they had his wife sit up. When two nights were passed they 

 put her into the box. Her husband put his head into the hre [for grief] 

 and souie others pulled him out. He then put four dogtish into her 

 box, and did not put a rope around it. After many nights had passed 

 he went to see his wife. There were large maggots in the box, and he 

 wept, at the same time striking his head against the box. 



One morning, after he had wept for some time, the tire was out, 

 and he sent one of his slaves to the town of Falling-forward for live 

 coals. He then entered the town chief's house [and discovered] that 



