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year and planted and reaped a crop. From there they proceeded 

 south-east, stopped another year at a certain place, where they again 

 planted, but were harassed by enemies. They saved a portion of 

 the crop and proceeding farther south-east they ascended a bluff or 

 mesa, staying another year and planting in the valleys. 



Thus they stopped in all at ten different places, but being con- 

 stantly harassed by the people along the water, they never planted 

 more than once. Finally they arrived where the sun rises and the 

 Americans (Bahanas) live. With them they became friends; here 

 they planted, their children learned the language a little, and they 

 stayed there three years. They also here learned that the Bear clan 

 had been there and had already gone westward again. The Spider 

 people followed, arrived at Oraibi, where they found the Bear clan, 

 whom they joined. Their chief was then Machito. They also had 

 the Aototo and Aholi Katcinas. 



b. THE BEAR CLAN. 



This clan had gone south from the sfpahpuni. Theyhadwith them the 

 Aototo Katcina. They soon found the Young Corn Ear (PihKash) people 

 with the Aholi Katcina, who wanted to join them. So the Bear clan 

 chief took them along. They stopped at a place and here had a good 

 crop because they had the two Katcinas with them. The next year 

 they came to a clear stream. In all they stopped ten times before 

 arriving at the Americans, where the sun rises. Here they stopped 

 four years. Their children learned a little English. The land being 

 scarce, the Americans told them to go west and hunt land for them- 

 selves, and if anybody would be bad to them (mikpana) and cause 

 their children to die, they (the Americans) would come and cut 

 the Nukapana's heads off. This was told them because they (the 

 Americans) had been told that down in the old home there had been 

 Popwaktu (sorcerers, etc.). So they traveled westward, found the 

 Pueblo, but no good land that they could get. So they finally ar- 

 rived 9,t Shongopavi, where some people lived, and there they settled 

 down. 



One time the people saw that the chief, Machito, held a sweet 

 corn -ear between every two fingers, at the same time eating from the 

 other hand. Corn was very scarce at that time, so the people spoke 

 to him about his greediness, at which he got angry and left, taking 

 with him the Aototo and Aholi. Hunters later found them at a 

 rock, now Bean Spreading Place (B^hpu-Moyanpi), where there is 

 still a stone on which there is some writing called Machitutubeni. 

 Machito left his wife at Shong6pavi, also his people, who then formed 



