She kept the baby covered in the basket and answered, "I'm going to the river to get wild potatoes!" "Where are all the girls ?" asked the Evil One.
"Oh, they are all over behind the big mountain, playing ball!" The Evil One went off to find them, because he thought there were still some left, and the old woman quickly dug a big hole and hid herself and the baby away in it.
When the Evil One found that the old woman had told him a lie, he was very angry.

He came back and hunted all day long till sundown for her that he might kill her.

But he could not find any trace of her.

He finally went home and then the old woman took the baby and hid on the top of a big rock, over near where Sheridan now is.
In the morning the Evil One came back to hunt further, but without success.
"I guess that the old woman is dead," said he, "or maybe she's gone across the river." But the Evil One loses his power if he touches water, so he dare not cross the river to follow her.
The old woman watched him from the top of the rock.

Many times she feared lest he should find her, and she covered the baby more closely.
At last when he had given up the hunt, she saw him take a great basket and set it down in the road.