times when the animals used to talk and hold councils,
and the Grubworm and Woodchuck used to marry people, there was
once a great famine of mast in the mountains, and all the animals and
birds which lived upon it met together and sent the Pigeon out to
the low country to see if any food could be found there. After a
time she came back and reported that she had found a country where
the mast was "up to our ankles" on the ground. So they got
together and moved down into the low country in a great army.
34. THE WOLF'S REVENGE— THE WOLF AND THE DOG
Kana'ti had wolves to hunt for him, because they are good hunters
and never fail. He once sent out two wolves at once. One went to
the cast and didnot return. The other went to the north, and when
he returned at night and did not find his fellow he knew he must be
in trouble and started after him. After traveling on some time
he found his brother lying nearly dead beside a great greensnake
(sdMkw&'yi) which had attacked him. The snake itself was too badly
wounded to crawl away, and the angry wolf, who had magic powers,
taking out several hairs from his own whiskers, shot them into the
body of the snake and killed it. He then hurried back to Kana'ti,
who sent the Terrapin after a great doctor who lived in the west to
save the wounded wolf. The wolf went back to help his brother and
by his magic powers he had him cured long before the doctor came
from the west, because