ZTi^] FICTION 273 



on a side hill. The young woman came to the trail, where she found 

 the ground soft and resilient. As she tried to advance it would 

 fly up, throwing her backward. On looking around she found that 

 she was standing on a toad's back. She made great circles in search 

 of the tracks of the young man. At last she reached the hill. When 

 the young man reached the hill he ran along its top for a considerable 

 time until he slipped and fell. Being unable to help himself, he slid 

 down the hill with great rapidity, so fast that he did not realize 

 anything until he struck a lodge, a voice within which said, " I think 

 there must be something in our trap." 



A young woman came out and, seeing the young man, lifted 

 him up and took him into the lodge. " What is the trouble? " asked 

 an old woman. He replied : "A woman is following me. I have long 

 been trying to escape from her." " Keep out of sight and I will help 

 you," said the old woman. Then the old woman, filling a kettle with 

 bear's oil, set it over the fire. Soon it began to boil, whereupon she 

 said, " Let this young man's face be looking up from the bottom of 

 this kettle." At that moment they heard a noise outside of the 

 lodge door, which opened. In came the young woman, who asked, 

 "Where is the man I am following?" The old woman said, * He 

 ran into the kettle." Looking into the kettle and seeing the face of 

 the man, she exclaimed, " I laiew I should conquer you at last ; " and 

 plunged into the boiling oil in order to seize him. But the boiling 

 oil killed her. Then the old woman called the young man, saying, 

 " The woman who was pursuing you is dead." The daughter said 

 to her mother, " I will have this man for my husband." 



In the course of time twin boys were born to the young people. 

 When they were large enough to run around, their father said to 

 them, " You must now go after your uncle." After traveling a very 

 long distance they reached a lodge, in which they found a man. One 

 of the boys said, " LTncIe, we have come for you." The old man, 

 after making ready, accompanied them. When they arrived at the 

 home of the boys, the younger brother greeted his elder brother 

 with, " I am glad we are able to see each other again." Then one of 

 the boys said, " Grandmother, we want you to marry this man, our 

 uncle." She replied, " So it shall be." So they were married and 

 all lived happily together. 



,53. The Story or Bloody Hand 



According to tradition several tribes of the Iroquois claim the 

 honor of having produced a great man. whose name was Bloody 

 Hand, and whose fame as a hunter was not less than his reputation 

 as a bold and resolute war cajjtain. 

 94615°— 18— IS 



