^B^is^"^] OKULa'm myth TRANSLATION. 35 



her children, "Now whip your grandfather." They took a stick and 

 whipped him; then he cried and urinated. It began to rain and the 

 torches of the supernatural people were extinguished. Thus he 

 reached home. 



After a while the old man said ag'ain, "Now go and bring the tar- 

 gets of the supernatural people." He made himself ready and went. 

 After a long time he reached the country of the supernatural people. 

 They were shooting at targets. He was afraid, but when it was dark 

 he took the targets and ran away. Then the su[>ernatural people lit 

 their torches and pursued him. He came running", heh! He was pur- 

 sued. After some time his wife thought of him and told her children, 

 "Now whip your grandfather." They took a stick and whipped him; 

 their mother helped them. Then the old man urinated, and it began 

 to rain. Thus the torches of the supernatural T>eople were extinguished, 

 and the young man readied home carrying the targets. 



After awhile he said to his wife, " Now I shall leave you." He made 

 himself ready, put on all his dentalia and took two quivers full of 

 arrows. Then he went. After awhile he reached a large town which 

 consisted of five rows of houses. The last house was very vsmall. This 

 he entered and found two old women [the mice. When they saw- him 

 they said:] "Oh, now Blue- Jay will make another chief unhappy." 

 Tlien Blue-Jay thought, "A person came to the house of the mice." 

 He went to see and, indeed, there was a chief in the house. Then Blue- 

 Jay went back to his chief and said: "A chief has arrived; he wants 

 to have a shooting match with you." Then he went back to the 

 stranger and said : " Our chief wants to i)Iay with you. You will have 

 a shooting match." He said : " Oh." Blue Jay ran back [to his chief 

 and said] : " That chief said ' Oh.' " He went back again : " The chief 

 says to you you shall come down to the beach quickly." Then Blue- 

 Jay's chief took his arrows and went down to the beach. Blue-Jay 

 ran back [to the stranger and said]: "Our chief went down to the 

 beach." Then the other chief went down to the beach Now they shot 

 at the targets. The other chief lost and Blue- Jay's chief won. He lost 

 all his dentalia. He lost his arrows. He lost his hair. He lost his head. 

 He lost both his arms. He lost both his legs. Then they made him 

 miserable. They cut otf his hair and hung him up in the smoke. But 

 at night the two mice always went and gave him water and gave him 

 to eat. Every night they did so. 



One year he had been away. Then his sons said, " Let us look for 

 our father." They made themselves ready, put on their dentalia, took 

 their targets and their arrows. Then they went, they went a long dis- 

 tance; they found a town, oh, a large town. [They said:] "Perhaps 

 here we shall find our father." They entered that small house. There 

 were two old women [who said] : " Oh, chiefs, where did you come from?" 

 "We search for our father." " Oh, Blue- Jay will make miserable two 

 more chiefs. A long time ago a chief came and they made him mis- 



