ABSTRACTS. 493 
pass through additional villages until they come tovillage of bad people. They shake 
their heads, which makes sound like rattles, and they cause death of all people in 
village, one starting in on west side and other on east. People die whether they look 
at them or not. Passing on, they encounter their father’s tracks by stream of 
water. On opposite side they encounter strange being, who challenges them. 
Younger brother is victorious and conquers Lizard through his ability to cause his 
feet to turn into flint stone. They finally enter village which contains their father. 
Again they kill people, including their father, whose body they carry to high hill. 
Then they make a funeral pyre with four willow, cottonwood, box-elder, and elm 
poles. They ascend with him in rising smoke. 
40. LONG-TOOTH-BOY. 
A man and his wife travel east to country of small ponds where they live by 
themselves for many years. Woman gives birth to child and dies, after-birth being 
thrown by father into water. He feeds child with animals’ milk. In his absence 
strange boy comes and plays with his son. He has long teeth and is called Long- 
Tooth-Boy. Older son tells his father of strange boy and he plans to capture him by 
strategy, first turning into parfleche; but Long-Tooth-Boy recognizes him and jumps 
into pond. Man mourns and is addressed by buffalo, whotells him to kill him, remove 
his bladder, fill it with air, and tie it tohead of Long-Tooth-Boy. Thisis done, and so 
Long-Tooth-Boy is captured inwater. Boys are warned against visiting dangerous 
places. They disobey, visit steep bank, where they encounter water monster, which 
has swallowed their father. Leaving their bows and arrows on bank they fill their 
pockets with stones, slide down beaver path, and as they touch water they turn into 
foam. Foam floats down river and into mouth of monster. Then they become 
human beings, but do not find their father. They make their way out and Long- 
Tooth-Boy breaks his bow and arrows and plays with them inside monster’s 
mouth. With flint stones he makes spark which he throws inside monster, and bow 
and arrows are burned. Suddenly monster bursts and is thrown upon ground. 
With sinew strings they drag home its skin, which they had blown off. They give 
it to their father for tobacco pouch. They go to river, attempt to cross on fallen 
log, but old woman on opposite side causes log to stand on end and grow up like tree. 
She spits upon it; it grows cold and sleets. Around tree are many human skulls. 
Old woman leaves, thinking they will soon perish. Long-Tongue-Boy gnaws steps 
on tree whereby they descend. They plan the old woman’s death. Long-Tooth- 
Boy becomes raccoon, which older brother kills, and at old woman’s request takes 
it into her lodge. Inside lodge he places meat in pot, and on top, head resting 
upon paws, being careful not to cut intestines. Big fire is kindled under pot and 
soon raccoon sticks out its tongue, which is signal for older brother to leave lodge. 
Old woman, owing to heat in lodge, has removed her garments; pot now boils over 
and splashes on woman, who falls toward fire andiskilled. Elder brother then takes 
meat and places it on skin, wraps it up, and throws it into pond. Thus Long-Tooth- 
Boy is restored to life. Witch hears of Long-Tooth-Boy’s deeds and decides on 
his death. Warriors join her and they travel east. She turns into yellow bird 
and alights on opening of lodge. Long-Tooth-Boy directs his father to kill it. 
He shoots twice, but misses it, whereupon bird flies down, takes man by hair, and 
disappears with him into sky. Each of brothers shoots his arrows up into sky, 
following their father. They alight and see yellow feathers on ground. They 
