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bear that had died there. They were called the Bear (Honawu) 

 clan. Right after them came another party, who cut straps from 

 the skin of the bear and were called Piqosha clan, the name given by 

 the Hopi to this peculiar strap. Another party followed and found 

 the cadaver covered with spider web, from which they were called 

 Spider (K6hlcang) clan. A fourth party found blue-birds sitting on 

 the cadaver and they were called the Blue-bird (Ch6ro) clan. A 

 fifth party found that maggots had eaten out the eyes, leaving the 

 cavities bare with a little fat still attached to the bone. From this 

 they were called Fat Cavity clan (Wikorzh-namu) . A sixth migrating 

 party came upon the scene and found that a mole had dug his way up 

 under the place where the cadaver had been lying, and hence they 

 were called Mole (Mtiyi) clan.' Here the parties who had thus 

 received their clan names soon separated, and the Spider clan after 

 this wandered about and stopped at various places for a long time. 

 The other clans did the same, living shorter or longer periods at one 

 place, which accounts for the many smaller and larger ruins with 

 which the country is covered. 



Finally the Spider clan arrived at a spring (about four miles north 

 of the present village sites of Mish6ngnovi and Shupaulavi) called 

 Homiqopu. Here they remained for some time, there still being 

 ruins at that place. From here this clan moved to a place about a 

 mile northeast of Shupaulavi, called Chukuvi. At the foot of the 

 mesa on which this village was situated was a very large spring. The 

 Squash (Batanga) clan then ruled in this village, the chief belonging 

 to that clan. The Sand (Tuw^) clan was also one of the clans being 

 numerous in the village at that time. The inhabitants of the different 

 villages were often harassed by enemies, among them the Utes and 

 Apache. It seems that even the inhabitants of the different villages 

 often made raids on each other. For this reason the inhabitants of 

 Chukuvi and those of old Mish6ngnovi, which was situated, however, 

 west of its present location, way down the mesa, moved on the 

 mesa and built the present village of Mish6ngnovi. 



In Mish6ngnovi the Blue-bird clan was .then in charge of the 

 village, the chief belonging to that clan, but it seems that this clan, 

 shared the chieftainship with the following clans, which furnished 

 the Kik-mongwi, the Village Chief, in the order named, for four years, 



' Traditions with regard to the clans having received their names on this occasion vary some- 

 what. While some say the name of the Wikurzh-namu is derived from a netted gourd (wikuru), 

 others, as in this tale, derived the name from wikoro, as explained in the text. Furthermore, the 

 order of the clans having received their names here somewhat differs in the different tales; and 

 lastly some also mentioned an Ant clan as the last one having obtained its name. Cf. tale No. 8, 

 "The Wanderings of the Bear Clan." 



