THE CHIEF'S SON AND THE THUNDERS. 187 
he lay killed. ‘Ho! warriors, make the road straight. As the warrior wished to lie 
here, let him lie here, by all means,” said the leader. At length they came to the end 
of the sky. And the end of the sky was going down into the ground. And the leader 
said, ‘Beware, warriors, lest you fear it. Let us go to the other side. Let us leap 
over. Beware lest you-fear it.” And the leader having gone, he reached the other 
side. And all the rest leaped over. One failed to jump across. When the boy wished 
to jump across, he failed. At length the end of the sky carried him away under the 
ground. ‘Come, warriors, let us go. If we wish to be warriors, we must expect such 
things. Let him lie here.” He referred to the man who lay dead. After they 
departed, they were going for some time. At length they saw a very high hill and a 
dense forest, a very dense forest of cedars. ‘Ho! warriors, we are going thither. 
We will return thence,” said he. ‘Come, warriors, go scouting.” And four went as 
scouts. When they reached there, they saw only the smoke; they did not see the lodge. 
Having returned, they said, ‘‘ Leader, although we reached the place, there was smoke, 
but we did not see the lodge.” “Ho! warriors, that is what I am seeking,” he said. 
Again four went scouting. When they reached the very place, though there was smoke, 
they did not see the lodge. ‘Leader, though there was smoke, we did not see the 
lodge,” said they. And it was so four times. The fourth time they arrived at the 
lodge. And the leader said, “‘Come, warriors, let us enter the lodge.” And they 
entered the lodge. Now, a very old man was dwelling there in the lodge. His head 
was very large, and his hair was very white. When the leader entered the lodge he 
did not recognize the old man. But after sitting a great while he recognized the old 
man (i. é., the old man was going about the lodge when the chief’s son entered, and 
was not recognized; but when both had been sitting a great while, the young man 
knew who the old one was). The old man thought as follows: “‘Though my relations 
suffer very much by going to so great a distance in search of game, some human 
beings have brought themselves very easily to this lodge. Right at home, I shall kill 
some men.” And the leader thought as follows: ‘Good! I have said ‘TI will wear a 
robe of scalps.’ It is indeed a good robe! I will have it.” At length one of the 
younger brothers of the old man came home, bringing a black bear. His head was 
enormous, and his hair was very red. When he reached home, the old man told the 
news to his brother. ‘You had a very hard time traveling; but some have brought 
themselves right to the lodge. I shall killthem.” Again came one carrying a buffalo- 
bull. His hair was very yellow. And all came home. And one had very green hair; 
and he carried home a dead man. And he who reached home first said, ‘‘O aged man, 
have the men eaten?” ‘No, they have not eaten. Cook ye for them,” he said. And 
he said, ‘‘Cook ye slices of squash for them.” And behold, they cooked the ears of 
the dead man for them. “We do not eat such things,” said they. ‘If you do not eat 
such things, what can you eat?” said the old man, acting as if he did not understand 
them. ‘Cook ye fine sweet-corn for them,” said he. And behold, he meant lice. And 
they said, ‘We do not eat such things.” And one of the old men said as follows: 
“Let them cook the black bear and the buffalo, too, for themselves.” And they were 
very joyful. And having cooked for themselves, they had pleasure in eating. Well, at 
length it was night. When it was night, the old man said as follows: ‘Grandchild, 
if a man travel, he has many things to talk about. Tell about yourselves.” “Yes, 
grandfather, you being grown and being an old man, you, for your part, must know a 
