122 TRADITIONS OF THE CADDO. 
He overtakes one man, kills him, and carries him back to tree. He returns and 
overtakes second man, whom he kills and carries back. Third man is almost over- 
taken, but Mountain-Lion lies in wait for cannibal, seizes him by throat, and kills 
him. When man gets home he tells people what has happened. Cannibal’s body 
is eaten by white and black wolves, and when people go they find nothing but his 
bones. They go to tree where cannibal lived, cut it down, and find two bodies, 
which they bury. 
32. THE YOUNG MEN AND THE CANNIBALS. 
Ten boys live with grandmother. Oldest goes hunting and does not return. 
Next day one of his brothers goes to look for him. He does not return, and next 
brother goes in searchof him, and so on until ninth boy goes, leaving little brother 
at home with grandmother. At last youngest boy goes in search of brothers, 
putting eagle feather in his hair. After looking far, boy sees tipi and hears voice 
referring to him as meat. Old man comes out and asks if he is looking for his 
brothers. He says he will put him on path to find them, but boy must first do 
some work for him. He tells boy to put logon fire. He isto have four trials, and 
if he fails he is to lie on log and let man lift it. Boy can not move log, and lays 
down on it. Old man is about to spear him with iron nose of mask he wears, when 
unseen power pulls boy off log, and iron nose catches in log and holds man fast. 
Voice tells boy to take pounder from woman who is pounding corn and beat old 
man to death. Boy obeys, and, when old man dead, voice tells him to gather up 
his brothers’ bones and put them in nine piles. Strange man appears and helps 
him, and then tells him to put his robe over bones, shoot arrow up in sky, and tell 
brothers to look out lest arrow hits them. Boy does so, and brothers jump out 
from under robe. Man tells them to burn tipi with man and his wife and scatter 
ashes. Man then says he is Sun and has helped them to destroy cannibals, Then 
he disappears. They return home to grandmother and tell story. People then 
know that Sun is their friend and willing to help them. 
33. COYOTE AND THE SIX BROTHERS. 
Old woman has seven sons. They are good hunters. One day oldest son goes to 
hunt and does notreturn. Several daysafter, his dogs come back, but he does not. 
This happens to six sons in turn. Mother will not let youngest son go. Long 
time afterward he sees Raccoon in tree. He chases it, and it leads him far into 
timber. Itruns down hollow tree, and he climbs tree to get itout. Old woman tells 
him to throw Raccoon down, aud sheand his dogs will killit. He throws Raccoon 
down and she kills it and one of dogs. Then she says there is another Raccoon in 
tree. He pulls it out and throws it down. She kills it and another of his dogs. 
This happens until he has pulled six Raccoons out of tree. As boy is about to pull 
seventh Raccoon out, it tells him to throw it as farashecan. While old woman is 
chasing him, boy is to run home as fast as possible, as old woman is witch and has 
killed all his brothers. He doesso. When old woman finds boy is gone she starts 
after him, but can not catch him. That night boy dreams that he meets Coyote, 
who tells him his brothers are not dead, but are working for bad people and will 
soon die if they do not get away. Coyote promises to help him to rescue them. 
Next day he meets man, whotells himsomething. Man goes on and meets Flying- 
Squirrel, who is one of bad people’s slaves. Coyote asks him about six brothers 
