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is coming now," the youths said to each other, and when he came 

 upon the roof of the house or kiva they heard him throw down some- 

 thing. " He has killed somebody again, because he is throwing down 

 something," they said to each other. When C6oyoko came into the 

 kiva he found no one there, and said to himself: "She has not yet 

 returned," referring to his wife, "because there is no fire at the 

 fireplace." He laid down his bow and arrows and his stone axe, 

 and hunted for something to eat. 



The Pookonghoyas had hidden themselves behind the mealing- 

 bin. When they saw him walking around there they said to each 

 other: "Now let us kill him." So each one shot lightning arrows at 

 him and he was killed. The P6ok6nghoyas hereupon took his knife, 

 scalped him, and then took many beads and a great many other 

 things that they found in the house, and returned to their home. So 

 they were now very wealthy. Going home they did not strike their 

 ball before them because they had so many things to carry. When 

 they had arrived in their home they had a dance, swinging the scalp 

 of the C6oyoko while they were dancing and singing the following 

 song : 



Aynikohinahina , 



Ay nikohinahina , 



Aynikohinahina , 



Hataina, hataina, 



Aynikohinahina 



Pookonghoyo, Cooyoyoko 



(The) Pookongs, (the )Cooy- 

 oko. 



Taalcha, hataina hataina 



Aynikohina hina. 



The words are archaic 



and no longer understood 



except the two proper 



)■ names and the word taal- 



I 



cha. The last word is 

 said to be the Navaho- 

 word for kill. 



When the village chief heard that they had returned he cut two 

 round pieces out of a large buckskin and made two nice balls of these 

 two pieces. He also made a ball stick for each one. These he took 

 and went to the house of the P6okongs. ' ' What have you found out ? ' ' 

 he asked them. "We have killed them," they replied. "Thanks," 

 he said, "that you have killed them." Hereupon he handed them 

 the balls and sticks. After that the Hopi always returned when they 

 went after wood. 



