THE SWIFT-HAWKS AND SHADOW-OF-THE-SUN. eS 
they went on, measuring off a fourth equal distance. Here they started 
the race. The visited chief started the first part of the race. He fell 
behind. Then the old man commenced to race with Shadow-of-the- 
Sun. As they went along Shadow-of-the-Sun saw that he was. having 
a pretty close race, for the old man was with him all the way down, 
until the old man slacked up and went on his left. Again they had an- 
other race, and they were even all the time. Now the old man went 
around the chief again on his right side. Then he went back to his 
left. At the fifth time the old man turned into a Swift-Hawk (Gus- 
seios), and lighted on the back of Shadow-of-the-Sun’s shoulder. The 
chief would now turn his head to see where the old man was, but he was 
even with him all the time, but the old man said: ‘‘Go on! Go on! 
You thave been looking for a hard race.” He kept patting the chief 
on the back. Finally they saw the village. Shadow-of-the-Sun was 
still doing the racing, not knowing that the old man was on his shoulder. 
Before entering the village the old man kicked the chief on the breast, 
so that the old man entered the village first. Thus Shadow-of-the-Sun 
lost the race. The old man rested. Shadow-of-the-Sun came up to 
him and begged him to spare his life. He offered the old man his 
powers, but the old man refused to have any such powers as he had, 
for he knew that ‘he was the man that had killed off his boys. He knew 
that many people had lost their lives by him. Finally the good chief 
arrived, and he was happy, for the old man had won the race. He 
knew that Shadow-of-the-Sun would have to die, and with him all of 
his people. The old man then rested for a long time, but Shadow-of- 
the-Sun kept begging him to spare his life. The old man refused, 
and everybody thought he ought to refuse, on account of the way 
Shadow-of-the-Sun had treated every one. Since he could not get 
anything out of the old man he went up into the sky, saying to the old 
man: “If you are going to kill me I shall go somewhere else, where 
I shall be safe.””’ As he started to go up in the sky, the people thought 
the old man should hasten to kill Shadow-of-the-Sun. Finally, the old 
man got up on his feet, and asked the people where Shadow-of-the- 
Sun stayed when he went up in the sky. The place was shown him 
wherein he stood. Now his bow and arrows were brought to him. He 
shot up toward the sky and told the people to watch for results. So 
they watched for Shadow-of-the-Sun to come down. Finally they saw 
something coming down in the shape of a shadow. It came down and 
fell to the ground. The old man ‘had shot him behind. 
Now, the old man commanded all the good chief’s people to bring 
all the wood they could find, and all the human bones they could find, 
skulls and small bones. When they had done this they placed the body 
