58 TRADITIONS OF THE CADDO. 
but many white and black wolves, which had already eaten the body, and 
there was nothing left but the bones of the cannibal. The men went on 
to the tree where the cannibal had lived. The tree was not burning, 
and so the men began to cut the tree down, and when it fell they found 
two bodies. ‘They took the bodies out from the tree and buried them 
a short distance away. 
32. THE YOUNG MEN AND THE CANNIBALS.* 
Ten boys lived with their grandmother. One day the oldest went 
out to hunt and did not return. The grandmother worried about him, 
and so the next day one of his brothers went to look for him. He did 
not return, and so the next brother went out to look for his brothers. 
He did not return and another went, and so on until the ninth boy 
went out, leaving his little brother at home with his grandmother. 
They waited long, but none of the brothers returned and no news came 
of them. They worried and grieved and became sadder each day, until 
at last the youngest boy declared that he was going to look for his 
brothers. His grandmother begged him not to go and leave her alone, 
for she felt that the same evil fate would befall him that had come to 
his brothers; but the boy was determined and prepared to go. He 
went out and prayed for help and put an eagle feather in his hair just 
before starting, thinking that it might have some hidden power. ‘The 
boy traveled far, and after a time he saw a tipi. He approached the 
tipi, and as he went near he heard some one laugh and say: ‘‘Another 
one is coming. Cook some corn and we will soon have the meat.’’ 
The boy understood the meaning of this, but he was so sad and weary 
that he thought he would as soon die as live, and so he went on to the 
tipi. An old man came out of the tipi and said to him: ‘‘Are you 
looking for your nine brothers?’’ ‘‘ Yes,’’ the boy answered. Then 
the man said: ‘‘I know where your brothers are and I will put you on 
the right path to find them, but first you must do some work for me. 
Lift that big log there and put it on the fire. I will give you four 
trials, and then if you can not do it you must lie down upon the log 
and let me lift it.”’ 
The boy did not believe anything the man said, but thought he 
would try to lift the log and see if some power would not come to his 
aid in answer to his prayers. He tried four times, but could not move 
the log; then he lay down upon it. The old man was just about to 
spear him with the iron nose of the mask he wore, when some unseen 
power pulled the boy off the log, and the iron nose of the mask caught 
* Told by Wing. 
