March, 1905. The Traditions of the Hopi — Voth. 11 



Hereupon Spider Woman, P6ok6nghoya, his brother Bal6ongaw- 

 hoya, and the Mocking-bird that had found the opening, cUmbed up 

 on the calavi in the order mentioned. After they had emerged 

 through the opening, P6ok6nghoya embraced the calavi, his brother 

 the reed, both holding them firmly that they should not shake when 

 the people were climbing up. The Mocking-bird sat close by and 

 sang a great many songs, the songs that are still chanted at the 

 Wfiwiichim ceremony. Spider Woman was also sitting close by watch- 

 ing the proceedings. Now the people began to climb up, some on the 

 calavi, others on the 16oq6, still others on the ahkavu and on the 

 b^kavi. As soon as they emerged, the Mocking-bird assigned them 

 their places and gave them their languages. To one he would say : 

 "You shall be a Hopi, and that language you shall speak." To 

 another: "You shall be a Navaho, and you shall speak that language." 

 And to a third: ','You shall be an Apache," "a Mohave," "a Mexi- 

 can," etc., including the White Man. The language spoken in the 

 under world had been that of the following Pueblo Indians : Kawihy- 

 kaka, Akokavi, K^tihcha, Kotiyti; these four branches of the Pueblo 

 Indians speaking essentially the same language. 



In the under- world the people had been very bad, there being many 

 sorcerers and dangerous people, just like there are in the villages to-day 

 who are putting diseases into the people. Of these P6pwaktu, one 

 also found his way out with the others. The people kept coming out, 

 and before they were all out the songs of the Mocking-bird were ex- 

 hausted. "Hapi! pai shiilahti! Now! (my songs) are gone," and at 

 once the people who were still on the ladders commenced returning 

 to the under-world, but a very great many had already come out, an 

 equally large number having remained in the under-world, but the 

 Kik-mongwi from below was with the others that came out of the kiva. 

 The people who had emerged remained around the sfpapu, as the 

 opening was, and has ever since been called. 



At this time no sun existed and it was dark everywhere. The 

 half -grown son of the Kfk-mongwi took sick and died, so they buried 

 him. His father was very angry. "Why has some Pow^ka come 

 out with us?" he said. "We thought we were living alone and 

 wanted to get away from those dangerous men. That is the reason 

 why we have come out, and now one has come with us." Hereupon 

 he called all the people together and said: "On whose account have 

 I lost my child ? I am going to make a ball of this fine corn-meal and 

 throw it upward, and on whose head that ball alights, him I shall 

 throw down again through the sipapu." Hereupon he threw the 

 ball upward to a great height, the people all standing and watching. 



