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310 her how it happens that her son is so white. She tells him that she cooked him in 45 order to make him white. He asks to be treated in the same way, and is killed.

Second Version. — ^A woman has gone out berrying, and puts her child down in the grass. A giant steps up to her and asks why the child, whom he calls his brother, is so white. The woman says that this is the result of roasting. The giant asks to

be roasted too. The woman puts him into an oven, covers him over with stones, lights the fire, and kills him. — A giant who sits on the bank of a river is overtaken by some boys, who kill him by shooting him from behind.

46. The Giant (2 versions: Nos. 51 and 76). First Version.— T^o brothers go out hunting. The elder one shoots a bighorn sheep. He starts a fire, and dries the meat over the fire. He roasts a piece of the meat, and does not like the taste. Then he cuts a piece of flesh from his body, roasts it, and likes the taste. He eats himself entirely. The younger brother goes out to search after him. He sees a fire, and hears his brother saying, '*I love my brother, and it will take me two days to eat him." The transformed brother pursues him, strikes him with his intestines, and kills him. The elder brother's wife goes out to search for her husband. Something tells her to 85 put sharp stones on her clothing. She does so. The man strikes her with his intes- tines, but tears them. She nms home and tells the people what has happened. They move camp. The man's wife and his son alone remain. Crane stays near by. The transformed man comes. He takes the child and tears it in two. The woman offers to wash it, goes out, and runs away. She tells the people what has happened. Crane hides in a hole near a steep bank. When the man pursues his wife, he passes this place, and Crane kicks him into the water, where he is drowned.

Second Version. — A young man goes hunting sheep and dries the meat. Suddenly he seed two slices of meat, which he eats and which he likes. When he sits down, he feels a pain, and sees that he has eaten of his own flesh. He cuts one piece after another from his body until only bones and intestines remain. After three days one of his elder brothers goes to look for him. When he finds him, the transformed brother says that he loves him, but kills and eats him. Thus he kills all his brothers. The youngest one is warned by his guardian spirit. The boy makes his escape, and tells the people to leave. The hunter's wife stays behind with her son. When the man arrives, he holds his son tightly and makes him dance. The woman pretends that she wants to wash the child, and runs away. When she reaches the people, they make a hole next to a cliff, and one of them kicks him into the water, where he is drowned.

47. RABBir, Coyote, Wolf, and Grizzly Bear (No. 45). — Rabbit runs past Coyote, saying that he has been scared. Coyote follows, passes Wolf, and tells him that he has been scared. Wolf passes Grizzly Bear and scares him. They all reach a prairie, where they sit down and ask one another what frightened them. One accuses the other, while Rabbit finally says that snow fell from the trees and frightened him. They laugh and separate.

48. Lame Knee ^ (No. 20). — ^The chief orders the people to break camp in order to plant tobacco. The young men tell Lame Knee to take away the chief's wife. He holds her when she comes to draw water. The chief is told that Lame Knee is holding his wife. He sends repeatedly, ordering him to let her go, but Lame Knee refuses. Then the chief cuts off Lame Knee's head, which rolls away smiling. He cuts off his arms and his legs. When the people are asleep, they hear the voice of Lame Knee, who has come back to life. He kills the chief and marries his wives.

49. The Youth who Killed the Chiefs ^ (No. 21). — The daughter of an old man is married to a chief, who kills all her sons, while he allows her daughters to live. The chief hunts buffaloes, but is stingy, and does not give any food to his parents- in-law. The woman has a son, but conceals the fact from her husband.' When the

1 Blackfoot ( Wlssler PaAM 2: 143). «Arapaho(FM 6:298).

Blackfoot (Wisaler PaAM 2:53; Qrinnell, Lodge Tales %V See also Dakota (Riggs CNAE 9:101);