74 The American Naturalist. [January, 
These boys’ (the Red and White Yaybichys) went by a large ocean, 
and looked down into the valley, and saw the smoke coming out of the 
ground. Here lived an old Woman-spider. When the boys came 
up the Spider said, “ Hallo, grand-children, where did you come from? 
People of your class never come here! This place is not for you!” 
“Our mother told us to go to see our father, the sun,” said the boys. 
“But your father lives a long way off, and he is not a good man. 
He will kill you with sweat-houses and red-hot irons.” 
Then this old Woman-spider gave them each a white feather, and 
told them it would be a Spirit to guide and defend them. Then she 
said, “Stop here to-night with me.” 
The boys said, “ We can not get through that hole in the ground.” 
Then the old Woman-spider blew into the hole and it became larger. 
She then vomited, and gave them (the boys) their suppers. 
The sun was now straight over their heads. The boys told the old 
Woman-spider that they wanted to get as far as they could before sun- 
down. 
* The old Woman-spider was a spirit ; so she pulled the sun down with 
a net and then told the boys that it was now sundown. The boys 
stayed all night, and they grew to manhood during that night. 
The Black Yaybichy met them again, and told them that they would 
reach their destination about noon that day, and that their father would 
come to them at that place at night. ` 
At noon that day they saw a big house and started to goin, Two 
big bears met them and snarled, but the boys said, “ We are going to — 
to see our father.” Then the bears lay down and the boys passed over 
them. They next met two large, vicious snakes. The snakes rattled 
and hissed, but the boys said, “ We are going to see our father.” Then 
the snakes lay down and the boys passed over them. They next met 
two big lightnings and thunders. These stopped the boys, but the 
_ boys said, “ We are going to see our father.” Then the lightning lay 
down and the boys passed over it. They next met a number of little 
snakes of various kinds. The boys said, “We are going to see our — 
father.” Then the snakes lay down and the boys passed over them. 
They next met the sun’s young wife. The boys said to her, “ We are 
going to see our father.” The young wife replied, “ What are you 
doing here? Boys like you and people of your class are not allowed 
aoe here.” But the boys replied, “ The sun is our father.” Then the young 
7 -~ wife wrapped them up in a white cloud that pointed toward the north. 
__ She also made a black cloud that pointed toward the east; a yellow 
~ “The boys referred to in the Legend of the Mysterious Maiden. 
