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site of Phoenix, and stayed there awhile. They remained for shorter 

 or longer periods at many different places. Finally they came to 

 the Litt'.e Colorado River, and about there it was where they assumed 

 the clan name, but just exactly where the place was nobody can tell. 



Their forefathers say that the party once came upon a dead bear 

 that they looked at, and from that they were called forever after- 

 wards the Bear clan. Another party that traveled with them took 

 the hide of the bear, of which the hair had already been removed by 

 little animals (Miiyi. PI. Mdmuytu), who use hair or wool for their 

 nests or burrows. These people took the skin and cut from it carry- 

 ing straps (piq6sha), from which they were- called Piqdsha clan. 

 Another party came upon the bear at just this time and were called 

 Mdyi clan, after the small mice mentioned before. These three clans 

 arrived there just about the same time, and hence are considered 

 as closely related to one another. 



Shortly after another party passed by and found many blue-birds 

 sitting upon the cadaver eating from it ; so they were called the Blue- 

 bird clan (Chorzh-namu). Still later another party came upon the 

 scene and found the remains of the cadaver full of spider web, so this 

 party was called Spider (K6hKang) clan. By and by a sixth migrat- 

 ing party came along. By this time the bones of the bear were 

 bleached already. They took the skull, tied yucca leaves to it and 

 carried it along as a drinking vessel in the manner in which the chief's 

 or priest's jugs (m6ngwikurus) are carried at the present time, and 

 from this that party was called the Jug (Wikurzh) clan.' Finally 

 a seventh party came along and found the place where the bear had 

 been killed swarming with ants, so they were called the Ant (An-namu) 

 clan. 



These seven clans have derived their names from the same origin, 

 and are now considered as being related to one another. The Bear 

 clan is also said to have halted at various places along the Little 

 Colorado River. From there they moved eastward, stopping for 

 some time at a place called Badger Spring (Hondnva).-' 



From this place they again moved eastward, stopped at a place 

 called Mdkwutavi, and from here they finally moved to Mat6vf, 

 a large spring a number of miles south of Shong6pavi. At this place 

 they also remained for a considerable length of time, but finally they 

 moved northward to the present site of Shongopavi, where they 



• According to others Wikorzh from wihu, fat, and koro, cavity, because they say the eyes in 

 the cadaver had disappeared from their cavities, some dried fat or fatty meat still adhering to the 

 socket walls. This latter explanation is very likely correct. Compare tale No. 9. 



2 My informant was unable to explain why this spring was called by that name and not after 

 the Bear clan. 



