34 OKULa'm her myth. [™ology 



youug man took them aud carried them back. After awhile the Thun- 

 derer said: ''Go quick and catch two bears; I used to play with them 

 when I was young." Then his son-in-law went aud caught two black 

 bears. He carried them to the house of his father-in-law and threw 

 them at his feet. Then they took hold of him, struck him with their 

 paws, and threw him about in the house. " Oh," he cried, "carry them 

 back, carry them back, they do not remember me." The young man car- 

 ried them back. Again after awhile the Thunderer said : " Go quick and 

 catch two grizzly bears; I used to play witli them when I was young." 

 The young man went into the woods, and when he found the grizzly 

 bears he said: " I came to carry you along." He carried two of them 

 to his father-in-law's house. He entered and threw them at the feet of 

 his father-in-law. Oh, now they scratched him all over so that his 

 body was full of blood. "Oh, carry them back, carry them back, my 

 son-in-law, they have forgotten me." Then his son-in-law carried them 

 back. Then after some time the old man f^aid: " Go quick and catch 

 two panthers; I used to play with them when I was young." Then the 

 young man went into the woods and |wlien he met the panthers] he 

 said: " 1 come to take you along." And he carried two of them to his 

 father-in-law's house. He opened the door, entered, and threw them 

 at his father-in-law's feet, Then they scratched him all over, and his 

 whole body w'as full of blood. " Oh," cried he, " carry them back, carry 

 them back, they do not know me any more." Then the young man 

 carried them back. 



[After awhile the Thunderer said :] " Come, son-in-law, let us go and 

 split a log." They went and split a log in half. He said to his son-in- 

 law, "Crawl in there and stem your arms against the log." The young 

 man sat down in there. Then the old man knocked aside the wedges 

 and broke them all. The tree closed over his son-in-law. He left him 

 and went home. He went a long distance. The young man, however, 

 kept the log apart with his elbows and broke it. He carried it home 

 on his shoulder. He came home and threw it down in front of the 

 house. When his father-in-law heard the noise he went out and [on 

 seeing the young man] said: "Oh, my son-in-law, you are just as I 

 was when I was young." They remained there and the children 

 grew up. 



Then his father-in-law said to him: "Oh, go to the supernatural 

 people and bring me their hoops," The young man went, a long time 

 he went, and finally lie reached the country of the supernatural people. 

 They stood in a circle, the hoop was being rolled to and fro in the 

 circle. He was afraid to approach them any nearer and stood aside. 

 But when it grew dark he made a\ju"ip '^^^^ caught the hoop by 

 pushing his arm through it. Then he ran away, carrying the hoop. 

 The supernatural people lit their torches and pursued him. They 

 ■pursued him a long distance; then his wife thought of him and told 



