Wŏn didn’t go back to his old home; he and the girl stayed with Tcoóks. [[243]]
WUS AND TSMUK’S DAUGHTER
CHARACTERS
| Blaiwas | Eagle | Pap | Gray Fox (a short name for fox) | |
| Iúnika | Dusk or Twilight | Tsmuk | Darkness | |
| Kaiutois | Wolf | Wus | Fox | |
| Lok | Bear |
Lok and other people lived on a flat where there were wild cherry trees and plum trees. Wus was in love with Lok’s daughter. When she went with the other women to get cherries, he turned into a nice-looking young man and tried to get near her. Sometimes he braided his hair and put a big feather in it, but Lok’s daughter always knew him, for she could see hair between his toes, no matter how he was dressed. (Wus had toes like a man’s toes, but between the toes were long hairs. He could never hide his feet.)
One day, when Wus had on a blanket and leggings covered with beads and porcupine quills, and looked like a rich young man, he tried to talk with Blaiwas’ sister, but she saw his feet and knew he was Wus. When he caught hold of her, she pulled away, and said: “I know you. You are Wus.”
“How do you know that I am Wus?”
“I can see the hair between your toes.”
Wus was mad; he left her and went back to the mountain, to Piéamtcir, where he and his mother lived.