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and on top of one of the brushes sat a locust, and a boy wanted to 

 capture the locust. The locust was singing the following song: 



Mahu, mahu, mahu, mahu, 

 Locust, locust, locust, locust. 



Lalena, lalena, lalena, lalena, 

 Flutes, flutes, flutes, flutes. 



Shiwap chokit, ovek chokiokango, 



On (the) sage (?) he sits, on top he is sitting, 



Lalena, lalena, 

 Flutes, flutes, 



Aapiyo hongiomakang, 

 Off, being fleet. 



Rup! (Imitation of the noise of the wings). 



As he was singing the word "rup," he flew away. When he flew 

 away the boy, not being quick enough, was very sorry. "Aya!" he 

 said, because he had not caught him. 



Told by Lomaventiwa. 



4. TRADITION ABOUT SEVERAL MISHONGNOVI 



CLANS. 



The Batki clan and Sand clan come from Palatkwabi. The Sand 

 clan is also called Snake and Lizard clan, because the snakes and lizards 

 live in the sand. When traveling they sometimes halted, and the 

 Sand clan would spread sand on the ground and plant corn. The 

 Batki clan would sing and thereby cause it to thunder and to rain, 

 and the crop would grow in a day, and they would have something to 

 eat. At Homolovi (Winslow) they lived a long time. They brought 

 with them the Soyal Yunga, the Lagon Yunga, and the Soyal Katcina. 

 They then went to Aoatovi. Here the people did not want them, and 

 hence they moved on to Mishongnovi, where they found the Bear, 

 Pat rot, and Crow clans. They were asked what they knew to produce 

 rain and crops. They spread the sand and made corn grow, whereupon 

 they were welcomed and their leader was made the chief of the village. 



The spring Toreva was then very small. But the Batki clan had 

 brought from the Little Colorado river mud, grass and water in mung- 



