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Out of gratitude for favors they frequently warn men of danger or 
assist them to fortune. 
Mischief Maker, S*hodi‘o"sko, is a trickster, and sometimes is 
called the “brother of death.” He delights in playing practical 
jokes, regardless of how they result. He possesses a store of magic 
and is able to transform himself into many forms. It is related in 
one legend that in the end he repented and returned to the sky 
world in a column of smoke. This appears however, to be an allu- 
sion to the Algonkin trickster. 
Ghostly Legs, Ganos’has‘ho’o®’, are beings composed only of a pair 
of legs, having a face directly in front, though the face is seldom 
seen. They appear only in the dark, and no one has ever made a 
complete examination of them. They have no arms or bodies, but 
are like the lower bodies of men, cut off at the waist. On either loin 
gleams a faintly glowing eye. Some have only one eye which pro- 
trudes and draws in as it observes an intended victim. The Ghostly 
Legs are always, or nearly always, running rapidly when seen. They 
usually betoken death and disaster. No one knows from whence 
they come or whither they go. Indians of today on some of the res- 
ervations claim to have seen these creatures. While they have never 
been known to injure anyone, they are at the same time as greatly 
feared as a ghost. 
Glutton Punisher, Sago™’dada“kwus (Sagodadahkwus), is a great 
being with a lean, hungry looking body, and an insatiable appetite. 
He seeks out gluttons, and catching them in the dark, takes a long 
spoon which he inserts into their vitals and spoons out his food. 
For fear anything may be lost he carries a kettle into which he 
places everything he can not immediately eat. He is the spirit of 
gluttony and is the terror of all who gorge themselves unduly. It is 
well for a man who overeats to stay indoors at night, lest He-who- 
eats-inwards devour everything within him. So, with his kettle 
and spoon, Sagodadahkwus wanders over the earth looking for the 
gluttons. 
The Big Breast, Gononk’goés, is a gigantic woman whose breasts 
hang down like pillows. She roams the earth looking for lovers 
who sit close together in the dark. If they make one remark that 
seems to be improper in their love making, or if they stay at their 
love making too long, she leans over them, catching their faces be- 
neath her breasts and smothering them. Then she stands upright, 
still holding the smothered lovers to her bosom, and walking to a 
cliff, leans over and drops them into the dark depths below. 
The Dry Hand, O”nia‘ta®, is a mysterious mummified arm that 
flies about to bewitch those who pry into the affairs of others by ask- 
