42 TRADITIONS OF THE CADDO. 
His only chance was to kill them. He stood by the door waiting and 
ready to strike the first to enter. As the first man entered, he struck 
him on the head and killed him, then pulled him in just as quickly as 
he could, to make it appear that the man had entered without anything 
happening. Thus he killed the second and the third man. ‘Then he 
returned home and told his mother and father all that had happened. 
Another time there was a man called Snow-and-Cold, living with his 
family far away in the north. When anybody went over there ona 
visit and happened to stay over night, he would be frozen before 
morning. Medicine-Screech-Owl heard all about this man and made 
up his mind to go and visit him and his family. One day he started 
out. It took him a long time to reach the place, for he had to go 
across a large lake. When he came to the water he stood on the edge 
of the bank. He wore on his head an eagle feather, and he took the 
eagle feather off from his head and placed it on the water and placed 
himself on the eagle feather. The feather began to sail across the 
water. On the other side of the water were many geese, and when 
any one came across the water the geese would make so much noise 
that the people at the home of Snow-and-Cold would know at once 
that somebody was coming. When young Medicine-Screech-Owl went 
across to visit old man Snow-and-Cold the geese did not see him when 
he landed on the other side. He stepped off from his eagle feather 
and placed it on his head again and walked straight to the place where 
Snow-and-Cold lived. All this time nobody hadseen him. Medicine- 
Screech-Owl went into the lodge where Snow-and-Cold was and found 
him lying down, asleep. Medicine-Screech-Owl spoke to him and 
asked him how he was getting along. When Snow-and-Cold awoke he 
looked around, but could see no one. Again Medicine-Screech-Owl 
spoke to him, and this time Snow-and-Cold arose from his bed and 
began to look around. He could find no one in the room. When he 
started to lie down again Medicine-Screech-Owl spoke to him and 
showed himself. Snow-and-Cold was surprised to see Medicine-Screech- 
Owl there and asked him what he wanted. Medicine-Screech-Owl re- 
plied that he had come over on a visit, because he had heard so much 
of the place. When evening came Snow-and-Cold told the boy to sleep 
right there, in a bed which had nothing but snow onit. After they 
had gone to bed Snow-and-Cold did not go to sleep, but kept watching 
the boy, for he thought he would surely freeze to death in a little 
while ; but every time Snow-and-Cold looked over to see him he would 
see a light right next to his head. He wondered what it could be. 
Medicine-Screech-Owl had his feather sticking straight up on his pillow 
during the night. Snow-and-Cold arose, reached for the cane which 
he had placed at the foot of his bed next to a place that seemed like a 
