WHITE) MYTHS AND TALES 159 



them to her. When they get to her house they say, "Here is some 

 rahbits. You can roast it and eat it." "Oh, fine, dear grandchildren. 

 You are good boys and good hunters." "Yes; then we can go out 

 and get deer for you. We see some tracks." "No; you better not 

 go. Maybe will get you some bear. You better go back and play." 

 "All right." 



They said, "Let's build a fire." So they got lots dry wood and 

 make big pile. Then they go out little ways and found a deer. 

 They catch that deer and take to ckoyo. "Oh, fine, boys. You are 

 good hunters. I will have plenty to eat now." "Then we can go 

 again and get some more." "No; don't try to get bear or lion. 

 They will get you to eat." 



Then after while said Masewi, "Let's go get some deer or bear for 

 our dear grandmother." And they try to go back to where they have 

 the wood. On their way they went by the house where the ckoyo got 

 many prisoners — mans, womans, childrens, little kids. They tell 

 them the ckoyo giving them the deer meat. Ckoyo called them 

 away from the house — "Don't do that." (They're looking through 

 the hole.) "They pretty fat, those people," the boys said. (When 

 the ckoyo w^anted one she asked them to stick finger through a hole. 

 If they weren't fat, their finger would go through the hole easily.) 

 They told Masewi, "If we can't put finger through the hole she opens 

 the door and takes us out and butchers us and roasts us and eats us." 



Masewi sends Oyoyewi out every once in while to see what ckoyo 

 is doing. Masewi tells people, "Now we going to get you out. We 

 going to kill her, the ckoyo. This is the last day for her." Some 

 were happy and some cried. "No; you can't do it. The ckoyo going 

 to eat us all up." "Yes; sure. We going to get you out; we going 

 send you home to-day." 



Then they went out to where the pile of wood was. It was after- 

 noon. Then they build fire there. After while ckoyo called them 

 back to get something to eat. When they get back to ckoyo's home 

 they see deer meat, rabbit, and some other meat. "What's that?" 

 Oyoj'em asks. "That's person meat, what you going to eat." "No; 

 I won't eat person meat. I going to eat deer meat." Then they eat. 

 She tries to make them eat person meat. "No ; its too fat. We don't 

 like fat meat." Then they got through eating and went back again. 

 They put the fUnt ball in the fire to heat it. They put two balls in. 

 When they got back they saw the balls pretty well heated hot. Then 

 the ckoyo went to the house 'cause she heard crjang and talking, and 

 she didn't Imow what was the matter. "What's the matter? I hear 

 crying. Do you want to get something to eat? " "No ; we not doing 

 nothing." "Yes; I heard something, look Hke crying or hollering. 

 Did Masewi come around?" "No; we never see liim." But ckoyo 

 thinks so. "No; we never see him." 



