360 MYTHS OF THK ClIKKoKKK |f.tii. ann.W 



and went in alono. At tho rir.st liousc he found an old woman and lier 

 granddaughter. They did not see liini. and he went into the asi and 

 hid hiniiself under some wood. Wh(>n darlvness came on he heard the 

 old woman say, *"j\Iayhe Ganogwioeoii is near; I'll close the door." 

 After a while he heard them going to bed. When he thought the}' 

 were asleep he went into the house. The fire had burned down low. 

 but the girl was still awake and saw him. She was about to scream, 

 when he said. "I am Ganogwioeoii. If you scream I'll kill you. If 

 you keep quiet I'll not hurt 3'ou." They talked together, and he told 

 her that in the morning she must bring the chief's daughter to him. 

 She promised to do it, and told him where he should wait. Just before 

 daylight he left the house. 



In the morning the girl went to the chief's house and said to his 

 daughter, "Let's go out together for wood." The chief's daughter 

 got I'eadj' and went with hei'. and when they came to the place where 

 Ganogwioeoii was hiding he sjjrang out and killed her, but did not 

 hurt the other girl. He pulled off the scalp and gave such a loud 

 scalp yell that all the warriors in the town heard it and came running- 

 out after him. He shook the scalp at them and then turned and ran. 

 He killed the first one that came up, but when he tried to shoot the 

 next one the bow broke and the Cherokee got him. 



They tied him and carried him to the two women of the tribe who 

 had the power to decide what should be done with him. Each of these 

 women had two snakes tattooed on her lips, with their heads opposite 

 each other, in such a way that when she opened her mouth the two 

 snakes opened their mouths also. They decided to burn the soles of 

 his feet until thej' were blistered, then to put grains of corn under 

 the skin and to chase him with clubs until the}' had beaten him to 

 death. 



They stripped him and burnt his feet. Then they tied a bark rope 

 around his waist, with an old man to hold the other end, and made him 

 run between two lines of people, and with clubs in their hands. When 

 they gave the word to start Ganogwioeoii pulled the rope away from 

 the old man and broke through thi' line and ran until he had left them 

 all out of sight. When night came he crawled into a hollow log. He 

 was naked and unarmed, with his feet in a pitiful condition, and 

 thought he could never get away. 



He heard footsteps on the leaves outside and thought his enemies 

 were upon him. The footsteps came up to the log and some one said 

 to another, "This is our friend." Then the stranger said to Gano- 

 gwioeoii, "You think you are the same as dead, but it is not so. We 

 will take care of you. Stick out your feet." He put out his feet 

 from the log and felt something licking them. After a while the voice 

 said. "I think we have licked his feet enough. Now we must crawl 

 inside the log and lie on each side of him to keep him warm." They 



