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laughed at their slain enemies. The Apache had previously made 

 many raids on the Hopi at Homdlovi, and for this reason the two 

 brothers had finally gotten very angry and taken revenge upon their 

 enemies. 



Among the Apache warriors had been one very large and fierce 

 one. This one they hunted up among the slain, scalped him and cut 

 out his heart. Then taking the moccasins and costumes from all the 

 slain, they returned. While they had killed all the warriors they had 

 destroyed only one tent in which there had been women and children. 

 This had been blown to pieces by the thunder. The objects in the 

 other camps, in which the women and children were, they had left 

 untouched. When they again arrived at the place where they had 

 previously camped, C6tukvnangi again descended and talked with 

 them during the night. He gave them further instructions with 

 regard to warfare, but among other things he told them that they 

 should not be the war chiefs among their people, but when they now 

 came to their village, whomever they should select, on him they 

 should throw the scalp which they had now brought, and he should 

 be the war chief. 



In the morning C6tukvnangi again ascended and the two returned 

 to their home, singing war songs as they went along. They went, 

 however, to the larger village, as in the village where their mother 

 lived there were so very few people, and here the rejoicings and rites, 

 to be mentioned presently, occurred. When they arrived at the vil- 

 lage they were received by the shouts of their people, who surrounded 

 them, and snatching away the trophies that they had brought with 

 them, swung them around, by which it is said they were discharmed 

 from any bad influence, and then they threw them among the people 

 — a custom which was always observed when Hopi warriors returned 

 from their expeditions. 



While the rejoicings and wranglings were going on, the older 

 brother took the scalp which he had been carrying on a stick while 

 they were dancing, and forcibly threw it at one of the inhabitants 

 from the larger village, saying: " It is you, you shall be our war chief. 

 We give this to you. You shall lead us after this. " Hereupon they 

 followed him, going around the village four times. They then en- 

 tered the kiva where the two brothers instructed them as to the rites 

 to be observed in connection with their warfare. They drew the 

 cloud symbol already referred to on the floor, whereupon the newly 

 appointed war chief threw the scalp upon the symbol. They then 

 cut out a piece of bear skin, sprinkled a ring of corn meal around it, 

 and placed the war chief upon it, where he had to remain for three 



