March, 1905. The Traditions of the Hopi — Voth. hi 



It had cut into her head skin. Now that woman said, "Take this 

 from me." "No," the young man said, "I am in a hurry," and pror 

 ceeded. 



Again somebody came, and now he had reached him, but this one 

 was carrying a meahng stone. His burden band was a hair string. 

 Cactus was tied to the right foot of that one and p6na (also a species 

 of cactus) to his left foot, so how could he get along fast? If he 

 hurried a little that pricked him very much. Now that one said, 

 "Take this away from me." "No," he replied, I am in a hurry," 

 and again he proceeded. After that he ran fast. Now then he came 

 to the salt, and there somebody was shaking a bell very loudly. Now 

 he arrived at him, and it was the Kwanitaka. The Kwanitaka said 

 to him: "Have you come?" "Yes," the young man said. The 

 Kwanitaka now said, "Have you seen them? Thus you want it. 

 Now I shall inform you. There where you first came upon one, that one 

 is very wicked. He does not want rain in summer. That one when he 

 does something offensive to these here clouds they all run away. Then 

 again, you know, you arrived at another one. That one killed some 

 one. That one when he put something bad into somebody he died 

 from it, hence when will those arrive here? You see when they have 

 taken four steps, there they remain again. Then these at Aoatovi 

 are carrying something. They also take four steps and then remain 

 there, but they always remain eight 'times' before they proceed, 

 hence when shall they arrive here? Now go on, but you go this way 

 here (pointing to one of two diverging roads). Now you go on hap- 

 pily and then somewhere some one will ring again." And sure 

 enough when he drew near, somebody was ringing, and again he 

 arrived at some one who spoke to him in the same manner. " Have 

 you come?" he said. "Yes," the young man answered. "All right, 

 goon," said the Kwanitaka, and taking hold of the young man he 

 led him. Now they came somewhere, and there was a fire. Now 

 they arrived there and it was very deep there, like a corn steaming 

 oven (koici), but it was burning very much. "Don't you know, those 

 that you first came upon, they come here. Them I bum up here. 

 Those wicked ones there in Oraibi, them I bum up here, but they 

 at least will come out. Do you see, as soon as burned, as soon as it 

 smokes, it comes out. Now you see sometimes it (the air) is filled 

 with smoke. Now that (smoke) is these. They eat nothing. They 

 are never happy. But it was themselves when they planned it. 

 Now then, let us be this way again." 



Now they arrived at a place where it was very deep and where it 

 was very dark deep in. "Here I throw some of them in, but they 



