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28. CHICKEN Hawk AnD Toap 
There was the Toad. With him was Golden EHagle. Toad said | [he 
said to him]: ‘Let us go! Chicken Hawk and Blue Hawk (?) shall 
be our husbands.”’ | Then he was her husband. ‘He was skillful. | He 
caught Deer. One morning he was watching || the Deer. Inthe 5 
morning Toad said: “Til go with you.’ Then | he started. He 
watched the Deer and everything—mountain sheep, rams.! | Chicken 
Hawk and Toad went along. His stone was hard (?). Chicken 
Hawk | thought: ‘Vl kill her.’ He killed Toad. Chicken Hawk 
started back | to his tent. Toad was seen by her parents. She was 
taken. || They went to their tent. The mother of Toad was angry. | 19 
The mother of Toad said: ‘Let us go!’’ They started. She said: | 
“Chicken Hawk passes by here.’? The two, Toad and_ her 
mother, staid there. | Chicken Hawk was watched for. They saw 
Chicken Hawk coming along. | Toad and her mother were in 
hiding. Chicken Hawk arrived. He was taken. || Chicken Hawk 15 
was carried back to the tent. He was poor. He was made to per- 
spire over the fire (?). | He was poor. Blue Hawk (?) knew | that 
his younger brother was poor. He went. He took his younger 
brother. | He went to take him. Blue Hawk (?) restored his 
younger brother. On the following day | he looked for all kinds (of 
animals). He was well. || Chicken Hawk and Blue Hawk were no 20 
longer poor. | 
29. Rack or FrRoG AND ANTELOPE? 
There was Frog. He said: “Let us go to Antelope’s | tent! 
We will race with him.” Antelope was a fast runner. | He was never 
beaten in racing. Frog arrived there. | He said to all the Frogs: 
“Do this.” || Allthe Frogslaydown. (Frog) putdownallher clothes. | 25 
Antelope put down his clothes. Then he ran fast. | They two stood 
together. Hestarted. Antelopedid notrunfast. Then Frog | went 
fast, got ahead of Antelope, and took her clothes. | She started again. 
All the Frogs were lying there. (Antelope) was hungry and thirsty. || 
In the evening all the Frogs started. They got ahead of | Antelope. | 30 
30. THe WoMAN AND THE GIANT 
There were the Indians. They started. They went along. They 
saw | a Giant, who killed them. They did not return to their tents. 
One | woman started. She had a child. She went along. She saw 
the Giant. || She said to him: ‘‘Whatisit?’? The Giant said: ‘“What 35 
are you doing?” | The woman said to him: “This is your younger 
brother.”’ He said: ‘“What | did you do to make him so white?” 
She said to him: ‘I cooked him | to make him white.” He said: 
1 That means he was hunting deer, mountain sheep, and other animals. 2See p. 244. 
