MICHELSON. ] INTRODUCTION, 365 
in peace and comfort thought they could not live happily. Then 
soon there were three who hated (the brothers). Now it seems after 
there were four of those manitous right away there were many by 
whom they were hated: such is the report concerning our nephews.® 
Then their fellow manitous began to take council: four times they 
took council concerning (our nephews). Their grandmother was 
summoned. 
The old woman was summoned. When she arrived there, there 
was a long lodge where the councillors were debating with loud voices. 
It is a fact that when she entered there were only men there. In the 
center there was a carpet. ‘Here,’ she was told by the ceremonial 
attendant. But she said “Here,’’ and the old woman threw herself 
down heavily at the threshold. Then they began to speak saying 
that her larger grandson was hated. They spoke in one strain. 
When she had listened to what all said, then, it is said, the old woman 
stafted to rise to her feet. ‘It is not possible for you to overpower 
my grandchild. I think my grandchild has already all his plans,” 
she said. “However the Ceremonial Runner is the one whom you 
might contrive to overpower if you were to kill either of them,” she 
said. ‘Even now my grandchild would not fail to know what you 
say to me,’’ she said to them and went out. 
Then at the time they heard no more of it: such is the report con- 
cerning our nephews. Then one man went around crying out, ‘‘ Now 
those of us who are brothers shall go in groups in opposite directions,” 
he said. “Iam bragging for those of us who are Ki'ckos and those 
of us who are O'cka‘ces,” said the crier. And those who went along 
went with others in opposite directions. As they went with the 
groups they went in opposite directions, Wi'sa‘ki‘** going to the 
north and his younger brother to the south. Wi'sa‘ka‘** continued 
to lose more and more of those whom he accompanied. Finally they 
were a few, a very few. Finally they made all sorts of excuses. 
“Why I must stop to tie my moccasin-string carefully,” they said, 
or “‘I must stop to tie my legging-strap carefully,” they said. Finally 
there were three running. Wi'sa‘kii'** was running in between. ‘“T 
shall not lose sight of these,’ he thought. As he winked his eye 
once he lost one. Then there were but two. ‘‘Oh I shall not lose 
this fellow,’ he thought. They were going at full speed. Now he 
lost him as he winked. He stood around now here now there. 
Soon he discovered his younger brother by the sound of his voice. 
Blindly he started to run toward where he heard him. The fourth 
time he started to run, lo, he heard the cries of his younger brother 
fainter and fainter. ‘Why, Wisa‘kii'*’, my elder brother, now they 
are killmg me,” he said, ‘‘Where, pray, are you? These fellow 
manitous are killing me,” he said. Then (Wi'sa‘ki‘*‘) ceased hear- 
6 That is, Wi'sa‘kii'4‘ and Aiyapa'ti'A‘, 
