MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF
THE GREAT FIRE
WHEN Tsuntia and the four Black Bear brothers had traveled over the earth and put things to rights, they met one another at the edge of the earth. Black Bear brothers said, "There is yet one country where the people are bad. They were too strong for us. You go to that country and stop the sun so they will all be burned up." Thus they spoke to Tsuntia.
Tsuntia said, "If I go there and stop the sun, all the people in the world will be burned up and everything on earth besides."
The brothers would not believe this, so Tsuntia commanded the sun to stand still. Then the earth became so hot it was scorched. The tops of the trees began to smoke. The Black Bear brothers were overcome with the heat, and they began to be afraid. They said, "We see that you know and speak the truth. Now let the sun move on."
Tsuntia said to them, "Whistle at the sun, and he will go on." They said, "Oh, no. You do it." So
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