piece they cleared onlj seven
little spots. This is why corn now grows only in a few places instead
01 over the whole world. They dragged the body of Selu around the
circle, and wherever her blood fell on the ground the corn sprang up.
But instead of dragging her body seven times across the ground they
dragged ii over onlj twice, which is the reason the Indians still work
their crop but twice. The two brothers sat up and watched their coin
all night, and in the morning it was full grown and ripe.
When Kana'ti came home at last, he looked around, but could not see
Selu anywhere, and asked the boys where was their mother. "She was
a witch, and we killed her." said the boys; •'there is her head up there
on top of thehouse." "When he saw his wife's head on the roof, he
was very angry, and said, ''I won't stay with you any longer: I am
going to the Wolf people." So he started off, but before, he had gone
far the Wild Boy changed himself again to a tuft of down, which fell
on Kana'tfs shoulder. When Kana'ti reached the settlement of the
Wolf people, they were holding a council in the townhouse. He went
in and sat down with the tuft of bird's down on his shoulder, but he
never noticed it. When the Wolf chief asked him his business, he
said: " I have two bad boys at home, and I want you to go in seven
days from now and play ball against them." Although Kana'ti spoke
as though he wanted them to play a