L alba del mondo; Miti e Weird Tales raccontata dagli Indiani Mewan della California . , Ogni volta con il sameresult. L'ultima volta lei waded out fino alla waterwas sopra la sua vita. Mentre lei era andato, Wek-wek andato alla sua bedand fissata in essa lungo quattro punti di lancia di selce conla i punti verso l'alto. Quando giunse il quinto tempo withsnakes e rane invece di acqua, Wek-wek seizedher e gettò la sua giù sul letto e i punti fourspear trafitto il suo corpo e uccisa. A-A-kol la gru Sandhill-donna era Lo-wuts madre; lei era molto arrabbiato perché Wek-wek aveva ucciso sua figlia, e voleva puni
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The dawn of the world; myths and weird tales told by the Mewan Indians of California . , each time with the sameresult. The last time she waded out till the waterwas above her waist. While she was gone, Wek-wek went to her bedand fixed in it four long spear points of flint withthe points up. When she came the fifth time withsnakes and frogs instead of water, Wek-wek seizedher and threw her down on the bed and the fourspear points pierced her body and killed her. To-to-kol the Sandhill Crane-woman was Lo-wuts mother; she was very angry because Wek-wek had killed her daughter, and wanted to punishhim. O-ld-nah the Coyote-man and Soo-choo-koo theSpoon-bill Duck came to carry Lo-wuts deadbody to the han-na-boo, but when they lifted itthey saw on the breast the black marks whichHo-pah her lover had painted there. Wek-wekhad seen these before and knew. So O-la-nak andSoo-choo-koo took the dead body and buried it. When Lo-wut died she left two children, a babyand a little boy. Their grandmother, To-to-kol^ 14 Weh-ivek made this happen, for he was a magician or witchdoctor. 128. Ancient iWptijB! took care of them and every day sent the little boywith the baby to the roundhouse to be fed-andfor four days Lo-wut the dead mother came eachday to the han-nd-boo to give milk to her youngchild. On the fourth day Wek-wek asked his little boywhere he went every day with the little one. Theboy, afraid to tell the truth, said he took the childto give it milk of the milkweed plant. Wek-wek hid in the top of an oak tree andwatched. He saw his dead wife Lo-wut come tothe roundhouse to give breast to the child; and sawher rise from the ground and shake the earth ofthe grave out of her hair. Then Wek-wek found that he loved her still, although she had been unfaithful to him. So hewent into the roundhouse and caught her in hisarms and hugged her. Let me go, she said, You cant get me back;Im not well as I used to be. That doesnt make any difference, he said, Illcure you. And he took her away
