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267 52. Tue Kuyo’Kwe (No. 73).—The people are moving camp, and a woman is left 
behind boiling bones. The Kuyo’kwe arrive and look into the tent. They enter, 
take off their clothing, and the woman makes a fire for them and gives them to eat. 
She throws melting fat into the fire, which startles the Kuyo’kwe. She takes this 
269 opportunity to run away. She carries a torch. The Kuyo’kwe pursue her. She 
reaches a cliff and throws down the torch, while she herself jumps aside.1. The 
Kuyo’kwe believe that they are still following her, and fall down the precipice. The 
woman follows the people, and tells her son to take the property of the dead enemies. 
Thus the boy becomes a chief. 
269 53. Tue Great Epipemic (No. 74).—During an epidemic all the people die. One 
man only is left. He travels from one camp to another, trying to find survivors. 
271 He sees some tracks, and thinks that some people must have survived. He notices 
what he believes to be two black bears, follows them, and finds a woman and her 
daughter. He marries first the woman, then her daughter, and the present Kutenai 
are their descendants. 
273 54. Tue Grant (No. 75).—The people in a village are eaten by a Giant. An old 
couple live at the end of the village. The Giant enters their tent, and says that he 
will eat them in the morning. The old woman wakes up. She calls her husband, 
who cuts off the Giant’s head. 
26 55. THe Man AnD THE Wasps (No. 19). 
33. 56. THe Waite Man (No. 22).—A white man is chopping off a branch on which he 
is sitting. He is warned, but continues until he falls down. 
34 57. THE FRENCHMAN AND HIS Dauaurers? (No. 23).—A Frenchman has three 
daughters. When walking in the woods, he finds a stump, which is the home of the 
Grizzly Bear. The Grizzly Bear demands to marry the Frenchman’s daughter. He 
35 takes the eldest daughter to the stump. She marries the Grizzly Bear, but runs away 
in the evening because she is afraid. The same happens with the next daughter. 
36 The third daughter goes to the Grizzly Bear and stays with him. The young woman’s 
* mother goes to see how she fares. During the night the Grizzly Bear is invisible. In 
the morning she sees him again. 
279 58. Tar MotHeErR-In-LAW Tasoo (No.77).—The men were ashamed to talk to their 
mothers-in-law. Only those who disliked their mothers-in-law talked to them. 
1 Blackfoot (Uhlenbeck VK AWA 13:171, 197). 
Kaska (Teit JAFL 30:481). 
Shoshoni (Lowie Pa AM 2:273). 
Ts’ets ’aut (Boas JAFL 10:45). 
Ute, Uinta (Mason JAF L 23:316). 
2 See Bolte und Polivka, Anmerkungen zu den Kinder- 1. Hausmirchen der Briider Grimm, 2: 229. 
