[1] A certain root. English name unknown. [↑]

[2] A vegetable like an onion. [↑]

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FROST AND THUNDER

CHARACTERS

Blaiwas Eagle Wâhŭtus
Gowwá Swallow Wus Fox
Lok Bear Yahyáhaäs (Always represented as a one-legged man)
Tsasgips Frost That Breaks Trees

Gowwá and Wâhŭtus were married to the same woman; she was kin to Gowwá.

One day the two men went hunting and left their wife at home. While they were gone Wus came along, and said to her: “Come to my house and be my wife. I have a big house and lots of nice blankets and beads. Why do you stay with these men? They are poor.”

“I don’t want to go with you,” said the woman. “Gowwá and Wâhŭtus will come right away. If you stay here, they will kill you.”