lanun'hi then asked him if he would like to have her hack again,
to which lie eagerly answered yes.
So I'ne' lanun'hi caused a patch of the finest ripe huckleberries to
spring up alone- the path in front of the woman, but she passed by
without paying any attention to them. Farther on he put a clump of
blackberries, but these also she refused to notice. Other fruits, one,
two, and three, and then some trees covered with beautiful red service
berries, were placed beside the path to tempt her. hut she still went on
until suddenly she saw in front a patch of large ripe strawberries, the
first ever known. She stooped to gather a few to eat. and as she picked
them -he chanced to turn her face to the west, and at once the memory
ofher husband came hack to her and she found herself unable to go
on. She sat down, hut the longer she waited the stronger became her
desire for her husband, and at last she gathered a hunch of the finest
berries and started back alone- the path to give them to him. He met
her kindly and they went home together.
260 MYTHS OF THE CHEROKEE [eth.ann.19
13. THE GREAT YELLOW-JACKET: ORIGIN OF FISH AND FROGS
A long time ago the people of the old town of Kanu'ga la'yi (" Brier
place," or Briertown), on Nantahala river, in the present Macon
county. North Carolina, were much annoyed by a great insect called
U'la'gu.', as large as a house, which used to come from some secret
hiding place, and darting swiftly through the air, would snap up chil-
dren from their