PARsoNsl FOLK TALES 365 



insect. They gave him a rule to sit inside of the house where they 

 put him to hve until his death. 



Thereafter he was told how another t'aikabede should be made and 

 next to him the war captains and the governor and all the helpers'* 

 to bring food and clothing for the people. They kept on doing their 

 duty, but this new t'aikabede was a young man. After the old 

 t'aikabede died he could not keep his word, on account of being a 

 young man. He saw the other men, dancing and hunting and plant- 

 ing and going on free. He was sitting inside the house; only when 

 the paiwilawe came in and took him to the dance, did he go out. It 

 became harder and harder for him. One day he made up his mind 

 to see how it would feel to work. So he took a rope and an ax across 

 the river to get some wood. Nothing happened to him. He came 

 back home; nothing happened. So he thought there was no need of 

 keeping the rule and he would go hunting. So he made liis rabbit 

 sticks and went out. Every time he felt like it he would go out. On 

 the fifth time he went out he thought he would get wood again. 

 While he was chopping his wood he heard a voice asking him what he 

 was doing, but he saw no shadow or anything. He hstened and said, 

 "Who are you, talldng to me?" The other person answered, "The 

 one who put you in as ruler of your people." He sat down and won- 

 dered who it was. As he could see nobody he thought it was coming 

 true what the t'aikabede had said when he made him ruler, \^^lile 

 he was sitting with his head down, again he heard the voice, "No 

 need of your thinking, my son. I told you at the beginning not to 

 work, not to kill anything, not to hurt anybody's heart or feelings. 

 You are the greatest man of the people and they have to take care of 

 you and give you what you need. You have done enough. You did 

 not respect me. So now before you go from here I am going to give 

 you a punishment. And tell your people on your return never to 

 make a man under 65 years of age t'ailcabede." Then he felt switches 

 across his back. He saw nothing; he only felt them. He was whipped 

 to death. After they finished whipping him, he heard a voice, "Go 

 home, my son. You will get there all right. Four days froni to-day 

 caU your council and tell them what I am telling j-ou to-day." So 

 he got home as well as he could, wdthout wood or ax or rope. He 

 called the pi^iwilawe who rided next to him and all the others to come 

 to the meeting. After all came, he told them he broke the rule; he 

 disobeyed. So the pqiwihiwe were to make another t'aikabede, some 

 old man. Young men have too many ideas, they will not mind like 

 an old man. After he had told it all, he died. On that account the 

 people never make a young man (town) chief. 



** Reference to the Corn groups, presumably. 



