THE SEVEN BROTHERS AND THE WOMAN. 67 
They were surprised to see what was there. They all thought, as they 
looked at the girl, that she was a funny kind of man, for she was of a 
different shape from a man, and they had never before seen a woman. 
Time passed, and the six brothers were always on some kind of a 
hunting expedition ; but Big-Belly-Boy, Man-with-supernatural-Powers, 
and the woman all stayed home. In so doing, all the work that the boy 
formerly did was to be done by the woman, while she was carrying 
wood or water. The woman told the boy what people where she 
was from did to bring forth children; but Big-Belly-Boy could not 
understand what she meant. The woman told Big-Belly-Boy that 
where there were people, man and woman became husband and wife. 
Big-Belly-Boy told his brothers of this, saying that people ought to 
increase in number, and so in the night, the oldest brother did the same 
as the young boy had done, and he told the rest of his brothers about it. 
Altogether, the woman had seven men to whom she was married. She 
was living with these folks, and Big-Belly-Boy stayed close to her every 
day while she went to haul wood and water. Soon she told the people 
that she was pregnant, and as time passed, again she told them that she 
was going to be confined, and that men were not allowed to stay where 
a woman was about to have a child. The six men stepped out of the 
lodge; but the old man and the boy remained. A child was born to 
these seven brothers; it was a boy. The old man fumigated the place 
with smoke, so that his boys could enter. Then the boys came in, and 
they were surprised to find the child. They passed around and around 
to examine it. 
Ass the six boys were in the habit of going hunting, they all went 
out on a trip again. When they returned, they saw that the boy was 
sad, as if something were the matter with him. One of the six brothers 
asked why he was feeling sad, and he said, “Because we are to be at- 
tacked by somebody.”’ They told the boy not to mind that. In a few 
days, while they were out of doors, there came two Double-Faced-Mon- 
sters (Witschatska) to attack them. The boys began to fight, but 
found that they could do nothing to these two monsters, and now all 
were killed. The boy asked his father to make haste in raising the boys 
from the dead. The old man went and brought them in, one at a time. 
When he had brought them all into the lodge, he brought them all to 
life again. 
The six ‘brothers went out hunting again, while the boy, the woman 
and the child went out to some place, walking around. While walking, 
they came to a cave, and in this cave they saw lots of young Double- 
Faced-Monsters. They were fierce looking creatures. Over head they 
