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began to move towards the village. When they had hoed a little it 

 commenced to rain. They ran to a shelter where they sat and 

 waited while it was raining. The water soon began to run through 

 the corn-field in little streamlets and covered up with sand and earth, 

 the grass in the field. When it stopped raining the two went through 

 the field and saw that the weeds had all been covered up by the 

 floods. "Thanks," the old man said, "that these have cleaned the 

 field for us. We shall go home now. " So they went home, and that 

 way were quickly through ridding their field of the weeds. 



They were now living happily in their home. By and by P6okong's 

 wife bore a little son who grew up and played with the children. 

 His father soon made him a bow and arrows with which he learned 

 to shoot. He sometimes shot the Orafbi children and killed them. 

 At this the Orafbi became very angry and said that P6okong 

 should not live in the village, but they should move away to their 

 own house. So one time P6okong said, "I am going to go back. I 

 shall take my little son with me, on whose account they are driving 

 us away. But you shall stay here at your father's and mother's," 

 he said to his wife. So he took his little boy on his back and returned 

 to his home where he remained. 



25. HOW THE ANTELOPE MAIDEN WAS RECONCILED.' 



Aliksai! At Zuni the people were living, and the two sons of the 

 village chief were racing with each other. At a place called A^musha 

 some one dangerous (nukpana), lived. A path led by this place, and 

 as the two brothers were racing they came to this blufif and when 

 they were close by they heard some one call, "Come here. There is 

 something beautiful here, come and see it. " "Oh, no, there is nothing 

 there, "the boys said. " Yes, come and see, there is something beautiful 

 here," the voice replied. So they approached closer, and they saw 

 on the top of the bluff a beautiful maiden. It was an Antelope Maiden. 

 She at once drew up the elder brother by a long, deep inhalation. 

 She then said to the younger brother : ' ' Even if you bring your beads 

 here, the most valuable possession of the Zunis, I shall not give you 

 back your brother, as I do not want your beads." 



Hereupon the younger brother ran home. "Why do you come 

 alone?" his father said. "Yes," he said, "when we were racing 

 there a beautiful maiden called us and then drew my brother up with 

 her breath, on top of the bluff." "Oh!" the father said, "Yes, 

 some one dangerous lives there." The father then told his son to 



' Told by Tawiima (Mish6ngnovi). 



