62 MYTHS OF THE IROQUOIS. 



When she had died, the Head said, " Let us burn her to ashes." When 

 this was done, the Head said, "Let us searcli for the year-old bones and 

 cause them to lie in rows," and they worked together selecting those 

 they thought were bones of the nine brothers, and placed them together. 

 When this was done, the Great Head said, " I am going to my old home 

 in the great mountain, and when I fly over here on a tempest then you 

 say to these bones, 'All arise,' and they all will rise and you may go 

 home with them." Great Head departed, and then arose a storm and a 

 terrific hurricaue, and the Great Head out of the wind called to the nine 

 brothers to awake, and they all arose to life, shouting for joy at seeing 

 each other and their youngest brother again. 



cusick's story of the dispersion of the great heads. 



An old squaw who resided at Onondaga was alone in her wigwam one 

 evening. While sitting by the fire parching some acorns one of the 

 monstrous heads made its appearance at the door. Thinking that the 

 woman was eating coals of fire, by which these monsters were put to 

 flight, it suddenly disappeared, and none of its kind have been seen 

 since that day. 



THE STONE GIANT'S WIFE. 



In the olden days the hunters always took their wives with them on 

 their expeditions. It was a wife's duty to fetch home the game that 

 was killed and prepare and cook it. 



A great hunter set forth upon a hunting excursion and took his wife 

 with him. He found so much game that finally he built a wigwam and 

 settled down. One day he had gone hunting in one direction while his 

 wife was sent in another to collect the game he had killed the pre- 

 vious day. 



When she returned towards home one evening, laden with game, she 

 was surprised at hearing a woman's voice, and as she entered her sur- 

 prise changed to fear, for she saw a stone giant woman nursing the 

 chief's child. "Do not be afraid," said the giantess; "come in." And 

 as the wife obeyed she told her that she had run away from her cruel 

 husband, who wanted to kill her, and that she wished to stay a while 

 with the hunter's family. She had come from very far, from the land of 

 the Stone Giants, and was very tired, and added that they must be care- 

 ful what food they gave her. She could not eat raw food, but it must 

 be well cooked, so thoroughly cooked, indeed, that she could not taste 

 the blood, for if she once tasted blood she might wish to kill them and 



