there he shook the claws | and sang, saying: "Qwa, qwa, Jack Rabbit! | Qwa, qwa, Jack Rabbit! Bring the game!" |
The two old women saw the game going by. | They said to each other: "The game is passing along" The one shook ǁ the bladder. 125 It made no noise. It had burst. | The other one went to get the claws. They were not there. She looked for | the dog. She thought she would send it in pursuit to get them back. | It was not there. Then she knew that he was singing, and that he was the one. She said: | "Why did you take that little dog? He has done it. He has stolen ǁ our game. I knew by his eyes that he was Jack Rabbit. | 130 Therefore I put him into the water, and you brought him in." |
Then the two old women took hammers, and they went | to the trail of the game in the snow. They stood on each side, ready to s trike with their hammers; | They thought they would strike Jack ǁ Rabbit. | 135
One scabby bull was left behind. The youth came back, | and saw the two women ready to strike him. | Then he ran after the scabby bull. He transformed himself into a | jack rabbit. He held on with his teeth to the bull's testicles, and was ǁ hanging down between his 140 legs. One of the old women struck it | and flattened out one leg (of the scabby bull). The other old woman struck him | on the other leg and made it flat. Then | all the parflèches in the tent began to roll out; and | because the fat and marrow began to roll, the other old woman ran after it. ǁ She caught it, and it dragged her along. | 145 The other one ran after it, and the fat and marrow were rolling this way. She took it, | and it dragged her along. They could not hold it. | They fell down crying. |
Now I have told how Raven stole the game. |
66. The Deluge[1]
Well, I'll tell how Chicken Hawk | killed the Water Monster. |
There was the tent of Chicken Hawk and his wife Grouse. | Chicken Hawk went hunting, and Grouse picked huckleberries. ǁ For 5 several days Grouse picked berries near a lake. | Then she would start again. She perspired and wanted to drink. | Grouse went to the water of that lake. Then | she drank and she swam. After swimming, | she went to the shore again. Then she noticed that the water was rising. ǁ She looked at it, and there it was where something came 10 ashore. | She saw that it was the Water Monster. He came ashore,
and | said to her: "I want you; I'll take you!" She loved | Chicken
- ↑ See p. 40.
