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the cbikl aud eat tbem. SLe knew that the woman's husband was a 

 mighty hunter, and she knew that his wife brought in the game, but 

 now she wonkl do it instead ; then she said that she knew where to find 

 it aud would start after it at once. 



After a while she returned, bringing in one hand a load which four 

 ordinary men could uot have carried. The woman cooked it, and they 

 dined together. 



As evening came on the Stone Giantess bade the woman go out and 

 meet her husband and tell him of her visit; so she started, and the 

 hunter was much pleased to hear of the help she had given. 



In the morning, after he had gone on his hunting expedition, the 

 giantess said, "Now I have a secret for you: My husband is after me. 

 In three days he will be here. We shall have a terrible fight when he 

 comes, and you aud your husband must help me to kill him." 



In two days afterwards she said, "]S"ow your husband must remain 

 at home, for mine is coming. But do not be afraid ; we shall kill him, 

 only yon must help catch and hold him. I will show you where to strike 

 him so that the blow will go right through to his heart." The hunter 

 and his wife were both frightened at this, but she reassured them, 

 and they all three awaited the coming of the giant. So she placed her- 

 self in the entrance, and as he came in sight she was ready. She seized 

 him and threw him on the ground. " Now," she said, " strike him on the 

 arms, now on the back of the neck"; and so he was finally killed. Then 

 said she, " I will take him out and bury him," which she did. 



She staid a while quietly with the hunter and his wife, fetching in 

 the game and being useful until, they were ready to leave and return to 

 the settlement. Then she said, "Now I must go home to my people, 

 for I need fear nothing." So she bade them farewell. 



And this is the end of the story of the Stone Giantess. 



THE STONE GIANT's CHALLENGE. 



A Stone Giant challenged a Seneca chief to a race. The challenge 

 was accepted, and the time for the start appointed two days later. 



The hunter employed the time in making a pair of moccasins, and in 

 due time the race began. The hunter was in advance; he led the way 

 over cornfields and through bushes, over and around brooks, and went 

 a weary distance until he was very tired and his moccasins were nearly 

 worn off his feet. At last he began to climb rocks. Now, the Stone 

 Giant had no power to raise his head and could not tell where the 

 hunter was when once he was above him, and in this dilemma he had 

 recourse to a charm, and took from his pocket a human finger. He 

 placed it upright upon his hand, and it immediately pointed the way for 

 him to go. 



