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and prepared him as one of the dancers. So he was dancing along 

 and they were singing the following song as they danced : 



Hanatoili hanatoili, 



Hanatoili hanatoili (Meaning obsolete.) 



Yamushkiki, yamushkiki, 



Ruklruk! 



All at once Skeleton Woman arrived at the entrance, and looking 

 in, shouted: "How, how, is my husband not here?" but they danced 

 on, pretending not to hear her. "He certainly must be here," she 

 said. "I am going to come in." So she entered and examined the 

 dancers and going through the crowd, hunted for the youth. While 

 she was hunting one of the dancers whispered to the youth to run 

 out now. This he did, running towards the village. The Skeleton 

 Woman again followed him but failed to overtake him. He was 

 very much frightened when he arrived at the village. For a long 

 time he said very little, but was sitting quietly at his place in the 

 kiva. 



31. MASAUWUU MARRIES A MAIDEN.* 



Aliksai! In old Mishongnovi they were living. At Mastoplcave 

 Mdsauwuu lived with his grandmother, Mas Wuhti. In the village 

 lived a beautiful maiden who persistently refused all offers of mar- 

 riage. So Mdsauwuu one time went to pay her a visit. He came as 

 a very handsome young man. She was grinding corn when he 

 entered her house. She invited him to sit down, and asked who 

 he was. He told her who he was. He had a great many strands 

 of beads around his neck and long turquoise ear-pendants in his ears 

 and was dressed up nicely. They were sitting on the opposite sides 

 of the fireplace and conversed with each other all the evening. She 

 told him that she would be willing to marry him. 



The next morning she sent a large tray full of muhpiki (piki made 

 of the meal of young roasted corn-ears) to Masauwuu's grandmother, 

 for which the latter was very glad. She then told Masauwuu that 

 from the gift which the mana had sent she inferred that the mana 

 was willing to marry him. "Yes," he said, "and she asked whether 

 I was rich, and I told her yes: now what shall we pay her back for 

 the presents that she has sent us?" So his grandmother gave him 

 a large quantity of rabbit meat, which he wrapped up and carried 

 over to the house of the maiden. She thanked him for it and again 



' Told by Kiihkmma (Shupwifilavi) . 



