upon the bare ground with my head on a stone, my Father placed a
large rock on my forehead. Thus I was given the gift of the fair."

E-ish-so-oolth was envious of Eut-le-ten and much desired to look
as young as he, so that with face so comely and so fair, she could
entice the children to her lodge, wherefore she asked with evil
ill concealed, "Can I by any means obtain this gift?"

Then Eut-le-ten divining her base thought and much desiring to make
an end of her, declared that if she would lie down, and on the stone
which lay beside the creek recline her head, he would place upon her
forehead the stone which would both mould her features like to his,
and make her skin as fair. The witch determined to try the charm at
once, stretching her great length upon the ground, placed her head
upon the stone.

Then Eut-le-ten lifted a great rock and hurled it down upon the
witches head. "Die dread E-ish-so-oolth," he cried. "No more with
evil charms wilt thou entice the children to thy lonely forest home."

So died the witch, and nevermore do mothers say when children
misbehave. "Be good or I will call E-ish-so-oolth."


THE OGRE

E-ish-so-oolth's husband was a mighty man, greater than any Indian
on the coast. His limbs were rugged as the wind-swept fir which
grows upon the stormy outer shores. His thick and matted hair fell
in tangles over his great shoulders, and his sullen eyes looked from