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and hears they are slaves. Coyote says he would like to help them, and Flying- 
Squirrel suggests that wicked chief be killed. Flying-Squirrel carries Coyote 
across river hanging to his tail. Coyote lets go of tail and falls into river. He 
hides until he thinks of plan. Then he turns into corn mill and floats out on 
water. Wonian persuades chief to get it, although he is suspicious. Woman uses 
mill, but one day all corn is sour. She tells chief, who says mill is Coyote. Chief 
has it placed on big log to spear it with his long, spiked nose. His nose sticks in 
log and corn mill turns into Coyote. Coyote knows chief and tells slaves to kill 
him. Slaves are free and brothers return home. Afterward when killing game 
they leave some for Coyote. 
34. THE DEATH OF THE CANNIBALS. 
People of village Tall-Timber-on-Top-of-Hill decide to move to another. Young 
woman whose husband is dead gives birth to baby and has to stay until she can 
carry child. She remains in deserted village many days. One night she hears 
some one outside and strange voice begs admission. She lets man in and he says 
he is Spotted-Wolf. He says he has come to beg her not to start on journey too 
soon, for there are many dangerous animals in way. She says she is lonely and 
wants to go toher people. Spotted-Wolf then gives her some tobacco and tells her 
if she meets danger and needs help to throw some of it to four directions and call 
to him ; then he will come and help her. After few days woman starts with baby 
on her back. After traveling three days she sees in her way cannibal. She is 
much frightened and takes tobacco and throws it to four directions, praying that 
Spotted-Wolf would come. Soon big spotted wolves come from four directions 
and killcannibal. Wolf from south conducts woman and child safely to her people. 
Another kind of cannibal lives as human being and eats dead people. They pre- 
tend to be sick when they hear of one who is about to die, and when he dies they 
pretend to die and are buried. In night they jump out of graves and steal dead 
person before spirits can take himaway. Anold medicine-man watches one of these 
beings for long time. Then he pretends to be very sick and spreads news that he 
is about to die. Soon he hears that watched person is sick, and then he pretends 
to die, first telling his sons to put bow and arrows in his grave and not to put much 
earth over him when buried. Person pretends to die also and is buried. At night 
he jumps out of grave and goes to get medicine-man. Medicine-man hears him 
and jumps out of his grave and shoots an arrow through cannibal and kills him. 
Ever since bows and arrows are put in graves with dead, that they may shoot can- 
nibal. 
35. THE MAN WHO MADE ARROWS FOR GHOST. 
Two men hunt all day without finding anything. They stay in timber to hunt 
next day and go tosleep. They are awakened by voice whooping. One man is 
frightened and runs away. Other man stays, and soon dead person comes and 
asks if he can help him get into spirit land. He wants bow-string and two arrows. 
Man makes arrows and puts new string on bow. Dead person shoots arrows and 
goes up with them. He whoops to let man know that arrows have carried him 
up all right. Ever since bows and arrows are always made and buried with dead, 
that they may go to spirit land at once. 
