March, 1905. The Traditions of the Hopi ■ — Voth. 15 



the sun had been created and was rising day after day, the people 

 were very happy, because it was now warm and very Hght, so that 

 they could attend to their work very well. The children were run- 

 ning around and playing. They were now thinking of moving on. 

 They had a great many provisions by this time, and so the chiefs 

 again met in a coimcil to talk the matter over. "Let us move away 

 from here," the chiefs said; "let us go eastward and see where the 

 sun rises, but let us not go all together. Let some take one route, 

 others another, and others still further south, and then we shall see 

 who arrives at the place where the sun rises first." So the people 

 started. The White People took a southern route, the Hopi a more 

 northern, and between them traveled what are now the Pueblo 

 Indians of New Mexico. Often certain parties would remain at certain 

 places, sometimes for several years. They would build houses and 

 plant. 



Soon they became estranged from each other, and would begin 

 to attack and kill one another. The Castilians were especially bad, 

 and made wars on other people. When starting, the chiefs had 

 agreed that as soon as one of the parties should reach the place where 

 the sun rises, many stars would fall from the sky, and when that would 

 happen all the traveling parties should remain and settle down where 

 they would be at that time. The White People having taken a south- 

 em route, were more gifted than the other people. When they had 

 become very tired carrying their children and their burdens, one of 

 the women bathed herself and took the scales that she had rubbed 

 off from her body and made horses of these scales. These horses 

 they used after that for traveling, so that they could proceed very 

 much faster. In consequence of this they arrived at the place where 

 the sun rises before any of the other parties arrived there. And im- 

 mediately many stars fell from the sky. "Aha!" the people said who 

 were still traveling; "Some one has already arrived." Hereupon 

 they settled down where they were. It had also been agreed upon 

 before the different parties started, that whenever those who did not 

 reach the place where the sun rises should be molested by enemies, 

 they should notify those who had arrived at the sunrise, and the 

 latter would then come and help them. 



