Author : American Museum Of Natural History
Release : 2013-09
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Book Synopsis Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History Volume 1 by : American Museum Of Natural History
Download or read book Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History Volume 1 written by American Museum Of Natural History. This book was released on 2013-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ...Then he cut the sides of the wolf open, and came out with the people. Then he went on. He met an old woman. She had a large wooden dish which she held up toward people. It drew them toward it, and when they struck the dish they were burned. He went toward the old woman and called, "Old woman, come out with your dish. I wish to be drawn by it." "My grandson, I have been wishing for a long time to see you," said the old woman. Clotted-Blood continued to tell her, "Bring your dish and point it at me." Then at last she brought it out. He was really drawn by the dish. As he went, he made himself go faster. When he came near, he turned into a down feather, which was blown over her head, and lit behind her. Then he turned to himself again, seized the old woman from behind, and began to turn the dish toward her. She said, "Pity me, my grandson!" He said, "You are the old woman who destroys people with her dish." He continued to play with her. Then he turned the dish toward her, and she was drawn into it and consumed. Then he put the dish on a large flat rock, pounded it with mauls, broke it up, and burned it. He came to a large camp, whose chief was a large Bull. The first tent he came to was an old tent outside the camp-circle. He went in and found an old woman. She said, "Well, my grandson, what are you doing here? This place is dangerous. Go back before they find you have come here. I pity you. Go back." "To whom do you refer?" asked Clotted-Blood. Then she told him about the powerful Bull. Clotted-Blood said, "That is the one I came to see." The old woman urged him again to go back. He said, "He is the one I came to see. I will not go back. Cook for me. I am...
