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toward her when the north wind is blowing. Nobody goes directly 

 to her. People talk to her from quite a distance. A person goes to 

 her house only to be put to death. Those persons who guess stand 

 a great way off to do it. When they don't guess right they go to 

 that house and are put to death. She has a large square dish in 

 which she cooks their bodies." 



After that the boy went toward the old woman's camp and re- 

 mainetl at some distance from her for a very long time, for the south 

 wind was blowing continually. She seemed to know that he was 

 there, and said to her granddaughter, "There is a fellow coming 

 who has been around here for a very long time. He is the one who 

 is going to marry .you." The little man had said to the youth he was 

 helping, "Don't tell about me. That old woman has all kinds of 

 dangerous things with which to kill people." 



As soon as the north wind began to blow. Little Felon told him to 

 go on, so he approachetl the old wonum unnoticed and stood looking 

 at her for a long time. Finally she looked up, saw him, and said, 

 "Oh! my grandson, from how far away have you come?" He told 

 her, and she invited him in to have something to eat. She gave him 

 all kinds of food. Then, when they were through, she showed him 

 the skin and said, "What kind of skin is this?" He answered, 

 "That is a louse skin, grandma." She looked at him then for some 

 time without speaking. Finally she said, "Where are you wise from, 

 from your father?" "Oh!" he said, "from all around." Then she 

 said "All right, you can marry my granddaughter. But d) you see 

 that place over there? A very large devilfish lives there. I want 

 you to kill it." 



The youth went back to Little Felon and told him what she had 

 said. "Oh!" he answered, "there is a monster there. That is the 

 way she gets rid of boys, is it?" So Little Felon made a hook, went 

 to the place where the devilfish lived, made it small, and pulled it 

 right out. He put the stick over his companion's shoulder and said 

 to him, "Carry it this way." The youth did so and, coming to the 

 old woman's house, he said, "Is this the devilfish you were talking 

 about?" He threw it down, and it grew until it became a monster 

 again that filled the entire house. The old woman felt very badly, 

 and said, "Take it out of this house and lay it down outside." He 

 did so, and the moment he picked it up it grew small again. 



Then the old woman said, "Do you see that cliff that goes right 

 down into the water? A monster rat lives there. If you kill it, you 

 shall have my granddaughter." The youth went away again and 

 told Little Felon about it, who said, "I told you so. I knew that 

 she would give you a lot of things to do." So they got their bows 

 and arrows ready, went to the hole of the monster, and looked in. 

 It was asleep, They began shooting it. They blinded it first by 



