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They came to the village of Oraibi and arranged a contest at Muyio- 

 vatki where each planted corn, the Blue Fliites sweet corn, the others 

 Wupakao, over which they played the whole day. The sweet corn 

 grew first, and so the Blue Flutes to this day go to the village in 

 processions, etc., first closing the well (batni) on the plaza. Later 

 the Drab Flutes (Masitalentu) had to throw their meal, mollas, 

 etc., from a distance to the warrior (Kelehtaka) of the Cakwalalentu, 

 who put them into the well in the booth for them. 



6. THE SNAKE MYTH.' 



At Tokoonavi, north of the Grand Canyon, lived people who 

 were then not yet Snake people. They lived close to the bank of 

 the river. The chief's son often pondered over the Grand Canyon 

 and wondered where all that water went to. "That must certainly 

 make it very full somewhere," he thought to himself. So he' spoke 

 to his father about it. "So that is what you have been thinking 

 about," the latter said. "Yes," his son answered, "I want to go and 

 examine it. " The father gave his consent and told his son that he should 

 make a box for himself that would be large enough for him to get 

 into, and he should arrange it so that all openings in the box could 

 be closed. This the boy did, making also a long pole (according to 

 others a long baho), with which he could push the box in case it 

 became fast or tangled up anywhere. 



When he was ready he took a lot of bahos and some food, went into 

 the box, and allowed himself to be pushed into the water, on which 

 he then floated along. Finally he came to the ocean, where he 

 drifted against an island. • He found the house of Spider Woman 

 (Kohlcang Wuhti) here, who called him to come to her house. He 

 went over and found that he could not get through the opening 

 leading to her house. "How shall I get in?" he said; "the opening 

 is too small." She told him to enlarge it. This he did and then 

 entered. He told her a story and gave her a baho, and said that 

 he had come after beads, etc. She pointed to another kiva away 

 out in the water and said that there were some beads and corals there, 

 but that there were some wild animals guarding the path to it. "If 

 you had not informed me, how could you have succeeded in getting 

 there, and how would you have gotten back? But I shall go with 

 you," she said, "because you have given me a baho, for which I am 

 very glad." She then gave the young man some medicine and seated 

 herself behind his right ear. He spurted the medicine over the 

 water and immediately a road like a rainbow was formed from the 



" Told by Limdvantiwa (Shupaulavi). 



