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her how it happens that her son is so white. She tells him that she cooked him in. 
order to make him white. He asks to be treated in the same way, and is killed. . 
(171) Second Version.—A woman has gone out berrying, and puts her child down in the 
grass. A giant steps up to her and asks why the child, whom he calls his brother, 
is sowhite. The woman says that this is the result of roasting. The giant asks to 
(172) be roasted too. The woman puts him into an oven, covers him over with stones, 
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lights the fire, and kills him.—A giant who sits on the bank of a river is overtaken 
by some boys, who kill him by shooting him from behind. 
46. THe Grant (2 versions: Nos. 51 and 76). First Version.—Two brothers go out 
hunting. The elder one shoots a bighorn sheep. He starts a fire, and dries the meat. 
over the fire. He roasts a piece of the meat, and does not like the taste. Then he 
cuts a piece of flesh from his body, roasts it, and likes the taste. He eats himself 
entirely. The younger brother goes out to search afterhim. He sees a fire, and hears 
his brother saying, ‘‘I love my brother, and it will take me two days to eat him.’’ 
The transformed brother pursues him, strikes him with his intestines, and kills him. 
The elder brother’s wife goes out to search for her husband. Something tells her to 
put sharp stones on her clothing. She does so. The man strikes her with his intes- 
tines, but tearsthem. Sheruns home and tells the people what has happened. They 
move camp. The man’s wife and his son alone remain. Crane stays near by. The 
transformed man comes. He takes the child and tears it in two. The woman offers - 
to wash it, goes out, and runsaway. She tells the people what has happened. Crane 
hides in a hole near a steep bank. When the man pursues his wife, he passes this 
place, and Crane kicks him into the water, where he is drowned. 
Second Version.—A young man goes hunting sheep and dries the meat. Suddenly 
he sees two sHces of meat, which he eats and which he likes. When he sits down, he 
feels a pain, and sees that he has eaten of his own flesh. He cuts one piece after 
another from his body until only bones and intestines remain. After three days one 
of his elder brothers goes to look for him. When he finds him, the transformed brother 
says that he loves him, but kills and eats him. Thus he kills all his brothers. The 
youngest one is warned by his guardian spirit. The boy makes his escape, and tells 
the people to leave. The hunter’s wife stays behind with her son. When the man 
arrives, he holds his son tightly and makes him dance. The woman pretends that 
she wants to wash the child, and runs away. When she reaches the people, they make 
a hole next to a cliff, and one of them kicks him into the water, where he is drowned. 
47. Rassir, Coyote, Wotr, AND GrizzLy Bear (No. 45).—Rabbit runs past Coyote, 
saying that he has been scared. Coyote follows, passes Wolf, and tells him that he 
has been scared. Wolf passes Grizzly Bear and scares him. They all reach a prairie, 
where they sit down and ask one another what frightened them. One accuses the 
other, while Rabbit finally says that snow fell from the trees and frightened him. 
They laugh and separate. 
48, Lame Knees! (No. 20).—The chief orders the people to break camp in order 
to plant tobacco. The young men tell Lame Knee to take away the chief’s wife. He 
holds her when she comes to draw water. The chief is told that Lame Knee is holding 
his wife. He sends repeatedly, ordering him to let her go, but Lame Knee refuses. 
Then the chief cuts off Lame Knee’s head, which rolls away smiling. He cuts off 
his arms and his legs. When the people are asleep, they hear the voice of Lame 
Knee, who has come back to life. He kills the chief and marries his wives. 
49. Tue YourH wHo KiLiep THE Cuiers ? (No. 21).—The daughter of an old man 
is married to a chief, who kills all her sons, while he allows her daughters to live. 
The chief hunts buffaloes, but is stingy, and does not give any food to his parents- 
in-law. The woman has a son, but conceals the fact from her husband.? When the 
1 Blackfoot (Wissler Pa AM 2:143). 
2 Arapaho (FM 5:298). 
Blackfoot (Wissler PaAM 2:53; Grinnell, Lodge Tales 29). 
See also Dakota (Riggs CNAE 9:101); Omaha (Dorsey CNAE 6:48). 
3 See RBAE 81:857, 
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