338 MYTHS OF THE CHEKOKKE [KXii. ann.I'J 



br sure to take no one but a o'ood hunter for a hus))ancl, so that they 

 would have some one to take eare of them and would always have 

 plenty of meat in the house. The oirl said such a man was hard to 

 find, but her mother advised her not to he in a hurry, and to wait until 

 the right one eame. 



Now the mother slept in the house ^vhile the girl slept outside in the 

 asi. One dark night a stranger came to the asi wanting to court 

 the girl. l)ut she told him her mother would let her mairv no one V)ut 

 a good hunter. '•'Well," said the stranger. "I am a great hunter," 

 so she let him come in. and he stayed all night. Just liefore day he 

 said he must go back now to his own place, l)ut that he had brought 

 some meat for her mother, and she would find it outside. Then he 

 went away and the girl had not seen hinj. When day came she went 

 out and found there a deer, which she ))rought into the house to her 

 mother, and told her it was a present from her new sweetheart. Her 

 mother was pleased, and they had deersteaks for breakfast. 



He came again the next night, but again went away before daylight, 

 and this time he left tw'o deer outside. The mother was more pleased 

 this time, but said to her daughter. "I wish your sweetheart would 

 bring us some wood." Now wherever he might be, the stranger knew 

 their thoughts, so when he came the next time he said to the girl. 

 ''Tell j'our mother I have ))rought the wood"; and when she looked 

 out in the morning there were sevei'al great trees lying in front of 

 the door, roots and liranches and all. The old woman was angry, and 

 said, " He might have brought us some wood that we could use instead 

 of whole trees that we can't split, to litter up the road with brush." 

 The hunter knew what she said, and the next time he came he brought 

 nothing, and when they looked out in the morning the trees were 

 gone and there was no wood at all, so the old woman had to go after 

 some herself. 



Almost every night he came to see the girl, and each time he 

 brought a deer or some other game, l5ut still he always left before 

 daylight. At last her mother said to her, " Your husband always 

 leaves before daylight. Why don't he wait^ I want to see what kind 

 of a son-in-law I have." When the girl told this to her husband he 

 said he could not let the old woman see him, because the sight would 

 frighten her. "She wants to see j'ou, anyhow." said the girl, and 

 bearan to crv. until at last he had to consent. l)ut warned her that her 

 mother must not say that he looked frightful (mga'se ti'yu). 



The next morning he did not leave so early, but stayed in the asi, 

 and when it was daylight the girl went out and told her mother. The 

 old woman came and looked in, and there she saw a great giant, with 

 long slanting e_ves {tsiifl'dJiT). lying doubled up on the floor, with his 

 head against the rafters in the left-hand corner at the back, and his 

 toes scraping the roof in the right-hand corner by the door. She 



