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high mountain the man led a few of the people whom he chose, and 
they stayed on the mountain for four days, while the water rose higher 
and higher. As the waters rose the man caused the mountain to rise 
with them. He could do this because he had greater power than the 
spirit of Cold or Heat. After atime the waters began to go down, 
and green things appeared upon the earth again. Then he led the 
people down from the mountain. They found that many people who 
had been left in the water during the flood had not drowned, but had 
turned into alligators and other water animals. 
9. THE EFFEMINATE MAN WHO INTRODUCED STRIFE. 
One time there lived among the people a man who always did the 
women’s work and dressed like the women and went with them, and 
never went with the men. The men made fun of him, but he did not 
care, and continued to work and play only with the women. A war 
broke out with some other tribe, and all of the men went to fight but 
this man, who stayed behind with the women. After the war party 
had gone, an old man, who was too old to go with them, came to him 
and told him that if he would not go to fight he was going to kill him, 
for it was a disgrace to have such a manin thetribe. The man refused 
to go, saying that the Great Father did not send him to earth to fight 
and did not want himto. The old man paid no attention to his excuse, 
and told him if he did not go to fight he would have the warriors kill 
him when they returned from battle with the enemy. The man said 
that they could not kill him, that he would always come to life, and 
would bewitch people and cause them to fight and kill one another. 
The old man did not believe him, and when the war party came home 
he told the men that they would have to kill the man because he was 
a coward, and they could not let a coward live in the tribe. They beat 
him until they thought he was dead, and were just ready to bury him 
when he jumped up alive. Again they beat him until he fell; then 
they cut off his head. He jumped up headless and ran about, fright- 
ening all of the people. They were just about to give up killing him 
when some one noticed a small purple spot on the little finger of his 
left hand. They cut that out; then he lay down and died. Soon after 
many people began to fight and quarrel, and some even killed their own 
brothers and sisters and fathers and mothers. The other people tried 
to stop the fighting, but could not, because the people were bewitched 
and could not help themselves. Then the old man remembered what 
the coward had said, and he told the people, and they were all sorry 
that they had killed him. 
