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jiaiitlKT iislfcp. TIk' Wild Bo}- got out an arrow and shot tho panther 

 ill till' side of the head. The panther turned liis head and the other 

 Ijoy shot iiim on that side. He turned his head away aj^aiii and the 

 two l)rothers sliot together — fN.tf, fuxt, tiixf/ But the ijantlicr was not 

 luirt liy thi' arrows and ;)ai(l no more attention to tlie hovs. Thev 

 came out of the swamp and soon overtooiv Kana'ti. waiting for them. 

 "Did you tiiid it'" aslvcd Kana'ti. "Yes," said the l)oys, '"we found 

 it, hut it nexcr liurt us. ^\'e are men." Kana'ti was sur])rised. liut 

 saiil notliing. and tliey went on again. 



After a wliile he turned to tliem and said, "Now you must he careful. 

 We are coming to a tribe called the Anada'dufitaski ("Roasters,"' i. e., 

 canniijals), and if they get you they will put you into apotand fcastoii 

 j^ou."' Then he went on ahead. Soon the hoys came to a tree which 

 had been struck by lightning, and the Wild Boy directed his brother to 

 gather some of the splinters from the tree and told him what to do 

 with them. In a little while they came to the settlement of the can- 

 nibals, who, as soon as they .saw the boys, came running out, crying, 

 "Good, here are two nice fat strangers. Now we'll have a grand 

 feast!" They caught the boj's and dragged them into the townhouse, 

 and .sent word to all the people of the settlement to come to the feast. 

 They made up a great fire, put water into a large pot and set it to 

 ijoiling, and then seized the Wild Boy and put liim down into it. His 

 brother was not in the least frightened and made no attempt to escape, 

 but quietly knelt down and began putting the splinters into the tire, 

 as if to make it burn better. When the cannibals thought the meat 

 was about i-eady they lifted the pot from the fire, and that instant a 

 blinding light tilled the townhouse, and the lightning l)egaii to dart 

 from one side to the other, striking down the cannibals until not one 

 of them was left alive. Then the lightning went up through the smoke- 

 hole, and the next moment there were the two boys standing outside 

 the townhouse as tliough nothing had happened. They went on and 

 soon met Kana'ti, who seemed much surprised to see tlinn. and said, 

 "What! are you here again?" "O, yes, we never gi\c u]i. We are 

 great men!"' "What did the cannibals do to youT' •" Wc met them 

 and they brought us to theii- townhouse, ))ut they nc\cr Imrt us."' 

 Kana'ti said nothing niori', and they went on. 



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He soon got out of sight of the hoys, hut they kept on until they 

 came to the end of the world, where the sun comes out. Tin' sky was 

 ju.st coming down when they got there, hut they waited until it went 

 up again, and then they went through and climbed up on the other 

 side. Ther(> they found Kana'ti and Seln sitting together. Th(> old 

 folk received them kindly and W(>re glad to see them, telling them 

 tliey might stay there a while, hut then they must go to liv i' where the 

 Mill goes down. The hoys stayed with their parents seven days and 



