Coltz began to move. Wus jumped on him and pounded him till he was dead. He made a great pack of some of the meat, and when he was ready to put it on his back, he took off his cap (it was full of holes, like a little round sieve), put it down by the elk, and said: “My cap, if Coltz moves, shout for me.” He put the load on his back and started. Coltz moved a little. Cap called out: “He’s alive! He’s alive!” Wus went back, pounded Coltz, smashed him all up. Then he said: “My cap, shout if Coltz moves!” He put the pack on and started again. Cap called: “He’s moving! He’s alive!” Wus dropped his pack, ran back, and smashed Coltz up again. But he hadn’t gone far when Cap called: “He’s alive!” Wus was mad. He said: “I wonder what kind of old man that is. Why can’t he die?” He pounded him a long time, broke him all up, then he threw the pieces away. “He is dead now!” thought Wus, and he ran off as fast as he could, got beyond the mountain. Coltz came to life, but he didn’t move for a long time: he was watching Cap. At last he said: “I’ll kill you, old Cap.” He sprang at it, and before Cap could shout, he tore it to pieces, and said: “I never heard a cap talk before. This kind of person has no mind. You’ll never talk again, you’ll never be alive again!” When Wus got home, he fed his children. They were glad to eat meat; they were almost starved. Then he said to his mother: “You must get up early in the morning and help me pack all the meat home. We will dry it. There will be lots to eat.” When Cap was dead, Coltz carried to the top of a high tree, all the meat Wus had left; he built a fire, and began cooking. When Wus and his mother and children came, the meat was gone. Wus tracked Coltz to the tree; he called him “brother,” and teased him to give him some of the meat. At last he said: “Brother, drop us down just a little piece. We are hungry.” “Stand in a row and shut your eyes,” said Coltz. “I’ll throw you a piece.” When they were in a row, he threw down the backbone of the elk and killed Wus and his children and his mother. Then Coltz said to Wus: “As long as this world stands, you will live by stealing.” Wus’ spirit answered: “Hereafter you will not be a person. You will never have an easy time again; you will live on grass and not kill game.” THE BAD BROTHER CHARACTERS Blaiwas Eagle Dásläts California Lion Djáudjau Flying Squirrel Kai Jack Rabbit Kékina Lizard Kúja Rat Kujasûp Rat’s Mother Kówe Frog Lok Bear Pakol Deer Sloä Wildcat Tcakonŭs Duck (gray-headed) Tcûskai Weasel Tohós Duck Tskel Mink Wámanik Bull Snake Wisnik Garter Snake Wéwenkee Whip Snake Wŏn Elk Wûlkûtska Marten A woman had two children, a boy and a girl. She lived with them at Yáni.