130 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
heads to appear. And the boy cut off the three heads. And having taken the tongues, 
he threw away the heads, and went home. Though the girl wished to tell about her- 
self every time that she reached home, she always failed. And having gone home- 
ward, the boy hunted rabbits. Having hunted a great many rabbits, he carried 
them home in a pack. Having come back to the old woman, he gave her the three 
tongues. ‘Grandmother, put those away for me. Ho! take those rabbits and give 
the dogs one apiece,” said he. Well, they slept. In the morning again did the people 
make a very great noise by crying. ‘ Grandmother,” said he, ‘‘ why are those crying?” 
Said she, “My grandchild, the chief’s daughter having come home again, they wish to 
take her thither; therefore they are crying.” “Grandmother, they ought to kill the 
Water-monster with seven heads. Why do they not kill him?” said the boy. ‘Do not 
say that again to anyone. If it be said to any one, he will kill you,” said the old woman. 
And the soldiers took the girl away again. And the boy having gone thither, was 
again the first to reach the edge of the water. And the girl came thither. And the 
boy said, “Begone. Why have you come?” The woman went home. And he said 
“O Ni uha-mam¢i"! you will stand by the very bottom of his neck. O Maze-¢aqa™! you 
will stand by the very root of his tail.” And both dogs went down into the water. 
Very soon they bit the remaining head, causing it to emerge from the water. And the 
boy cut off the head. Hetook thetongue. He placed all the heads in a row on the bank 
of the stream. And when the boy went homeward, it came to pass that a black man 
walked along the bank of thestream. The black man found the heads. The black man 
carried the heads away. The black man said, ‘‘ I have killed the Water-monster with 
seven heads.” And they said, ‘Really! This black nan has come home carrying in a 
pack the heads of tLe seven-headed Water-monster. Begone with them to the chief’s 
tent.” He carried them thither. And the chief said, ‘‘ Where did you get the heads?” 
And the black man said, ‘There was a Water-monster with seven heads, but I killed 
him.” And the chief said, ‘‘ Well, if you killed him, you shall marry my daughter.” 
And they cooked; they prepared food. All the people were invited to the marriage- 
feast. And the chief said to the people, “If you say that the black man may marry my 
child, he shall surely marry her.” And the people said as follows: ‘“ Yes, he has saved 
us, the whole tribe, therefore if you say that he may marry her, let him marry her.” 
And the boy sat knowing it. He sat sorrowful, because the black man was to marry 
the woman. The boy said as follows: “O Ma*ze-¢aqa™, go thither. Bring back in 
your mouth a slice of the meat that is cooked for the marriage-feast.” The dog went 
thither. When the dog came in sight the people said, ‘“A very fine dog has come!” 
The dog went to the table, and went homeward, carrying a slice in his mouth. ‘“ Really! 
The dog has dene very wrong. Pursue him,” said the people. And he reached his 
home at the lodge of the old woman, carrying the meat in his mouth. The chief said, 
“Return ye with the dog and his owner too.” He commanded the soldiers to do this. 
And when the soldiers reached the lodge of the old woman, behold, the man who 
was the owner of the dog was a very good-looking man, and he had on very excel- 
lent clothing. And the soldiers were ashamed before the man (é. e., he was such a 
respectable person that they did not like to state their business). And the boy said, 
“For what have you come?” ‘Yes, we have been sent hither to see the dog which 
came back with a slice of meat in his mouth, taken from the marriage-feast,” said they. 
The chief said in our presence that we were to bring home with us the dog’s owner 
