'I know your name now,' he said, 'and as you have ruined me, and
I am not rich any more, will you take me as your servant?'

'Yes, I will, though you have tried to kill me,' answered
Ball-Carrier, throwing the bridge across the water as he spoke.
But when the Bad One was in the midst of the stream, the boy
wished it to become small; and the Bad One fell into the water
and was drowned, and the world was rid of him.

[U.S.. Bureau of Ethnology.]





How Ball-carrier Finished His Task



After Ball-Carrier had managed to drown the Bad One so that he
could not do any more mischief, he forgot the way to his
grandmother's house, and could not find it again, though he
searched everywhere. During this time he wandered into many
strange places, and had many adventures; and one day he came to a
hut where a young girl lived. He was tired and hungry and begged
her to let him in and rest, and he stayed a long while, and the
girl became his wife. One morning he saw two children playing in
front of the hut, and went out to speak to them. But as soon as
they saw him they set up cries of horror and ran away. 'They are
the children of my sister who has been on a long journey,'