The two brothers flew up then, circling around for a while. They went higher and higher, till at last they disappeared and went to Olelpanti. Sedit saw them fly up, watched them till they disappeared. He stood looking around for a long time. At last he said,-- "What am I to do now? I wish I had not said all that, I wish I had not said so much. I wish I had not said anything." He stood around there and kept repeating: "What am I to do now? I am sorry. Why did I talk so much? Hus asked me if I wanted to die. He said that all on earth here will have to die now. That is what Hus said. I don't know what to do. What can I do?" He looked around and found a plant with long, broad leaves, the wild sunflower. He found this plant in great plenty, and took many leaves from it. He pulled off all his fine clothes, threw them aside, then stuck the leaves into his body, all the way up and down his legs, body, and arms, and said,-- "Now I will go up to Olelpanti. I am not going to stay down here where people die. I am going up to the place where the Hus brothers went." He made a tail of leaves; then he rose and flew around and around, rose pretty high; the leaves began to get dry and break one after another. After a while Sedit, whirling round and round, came down with great force, struck the ground, and was crushed to pieces. The Hus brothers went up to Olelpanti. Olelbis said,-- "There are rocks at the south not far from the sweat-house; go there and stay." Olelbis looked down, and saw Sedit trying to fly to Olelpanti; he saw him fall. "It is his own fault," said Olelbis. "Sedit is the first to die, killed by his own words; hereafter all his people will fall around and die and be found dead at roadsides and places where people pass. The people to come will see them there." The name of the place where the ruined road was is Sonomyai. Our Wintu people say that ever since white men settled in the country they have been drawing away the stones which the Hus brothers piled up. They have taken them as far as fifteen miles to build chimneys. HAWT PERSONAGES After each name is given that of the beast, bird, or thing into which the personage was changed subsequently. =Chírchihas=, mountain squirrel (red); =Handokmit=, striped snake; =Hau=, red fox; =Hawt=, eel; =Hus=, turkey buzzard; =Kanhlalas=, weasel; =Karkit=, raven; =Kinus=, wood dove; =Kiriú=, loon; =Lutchi=, humming-bird; =Memtulit=, otter; =Múrope=, bull snake; =Nomhawena=, ----; =Nop=, deer; =Patkilis=, jack rabbit; =Patit=, panther; =Sedit=, coyote; =Tichelis=, ground squirrel; =Tsaik=, bluejay; =Tsárarok=, kingfisher; =Tsaroki Sakahl=, brown-green snake; =Tsihl=, black bear; =Tsileu=, yellowhammer; =Tsudi=, mouse; =Tunhlucha=, frog; =Waida Dikit=, Dolly Varden trout; =Waida Werris=, Polar star; =Wai Hau=, silver-gray fox; =Waiti=, north side; =Watwut=, mountain bluejay; =Wima=, grizzly bear; =Yípokos=, black fox. * * * * *