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she kept on asking him to cook some more meat for them. Finally 
they ate up another whole deer, but they did not yet seem satisfied. So 
the older woman said to the young man that she had to go out. When 
she went out the younger woman told the young man that she did not 
eat any meat, but that her sister ate everything for herself, and as for 
her selecting him for a son-in-law, it was a bad thing for him to go 
with her for this purpose, for she had two girls that were very dan- 
gerous, and by means of them she destroyed men’s lives; has puellas 
dentes in vaginis habere, quibus illius membrum virile excisurae essent. 
Just then, after this woman had made known to him how dangerous 
they were, the old woman returned. As soon as she came back she 
again asked for some more meat. But the other woman had already 
told the young man to let the meat cook until it was done before he 
gave it to her, for this woman was preparing to take his life if the 
meat was eaten up before daylight. So the young man did not pay 
any attention to the old woman any more, whenever she called for the 
meat, but waited until it was done before giving them meat. Thus 
again they ate up the whole deer, and there were but two more. This 
young man then took his time cooking the meat after having learned 
what the woman’s object was in trying to hurry him in cooking the 
meat. This was then the fifth whole deer that he began on, and at this 
time he took more time in cooking the meat for these two women. 
Before eating up the meat the daylight came. As soon as daylight 
came the old woman requested this young man, Child-of-a-Dog, to 
go with her to her new home to see his new wives. While on the way 
the other woman told him that on their arrival the old woman would 
request him to bring one whole log to burn; that the wood would burn 
all night, so that she would sleep good. She also told him that she 
would give him instructions, and that the two girls were pretty; that 
the younger was the prettier. So the young man thought to himself 
again of his being in another dangerous place because he thad followed 
the deer, but he thought that he was safe, because the younger woman 
was aiding him. They soon arrived at the home of the old woman and 
there he saw the two young women and was taken to the place where 
they lived. 
On the following day the old woman requested her son-in-law to 
bring for her one dead burnt log for her to keep burning while she was 
asleep. So the young man, Child-of-a-Dog, went to look for the log, 
and he went straight on where the other woman had told him to go. 
He found this woman’s place. He was then given an ear of black 
corn and was told that when he would take this black corn it would 
