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following me." "Come here," they said, and handed him a drum. 

 So he beat the drum. The skeleton soon arrived and entered the 

 kiva after having spoken the same words as in Hano. She shoved 

 the dancers aside, but when she came to the one who was beating the 

 drum, he threw aside the drum and rushed out, running to Mishong- 

 novi. Here he again rushed into a kiva where they were assembled 

 for the Lag6n ceremony. The women were making trays. He again 

 asked to be hidden as he was being pursued by some one. One of the 

 women told him to be seated in her lap, which he did. She covered 

 him with a tray that she was working on and continued her work. 

 Soon the skeleton arrived, asked the same questions, and was again 

 answered in the negative. She came in, looked around, driving the 

 women from one place of the kiva into another, until she arrived at 

 the one who had her husband. When he saw that he could not 

 remain hidden he rushed out and ran towards Shongdpavi. Here 

 they also were assembled for the Lagdn ceremony and the same 

 thing was repeated that took place in Mish6ngnovi. 



From here he ran towards Mat6vi (about fifteen miles south of 

 Shong6pavi). At this place the Flute society had a ceremony. They 

 were assembled at the spring when he arrived. He again repeated 

 the same request to be hidden, as he was being pursued. They told 

 him to go into the spring to a certain sunflower stalk that was growing 

 in the spring. This he should mount and hide in its top. He did so. 

 When the skeleton arrived and asked whether her husband was not 

 there the Flute priest told her, "Yes, he has entered the spring." 

 So she went to the edge of that spring and entered it. Looking into 

 the water she saw the sunflower stalk reflected in the water and on 

 top of it her husband. Thinking that he was in the water she dived 

 in and disappeared. 



The pursued man came down and joined the Flute players. On 

 the fourth day they heard somebody pound yucca roots in the water. 

 When the sun rose the woman came out of the water, dressed in a 

 bridal costume, and carrying in her arms a reed receptacle which 

 contained another bridal robe and the white belt. She appeared in 

 exactly the same manner as the newly married bride appears on the 

 morning when she returns from the home of her husband to that of 

 her own mother. When she came out the two priests called the two 

 together, placed them back to back, made a road with sacred meal 

 for each one; the one road southward, and the other northward. The 

 priests told them to proceed four steps, each one in the direction they 

 were facing. Then they should turn and meet again. But the man 

 returned when he had taken three steps instead of four. The Flute 



