March, 1905. The Traditions of the Hopi — Voth. 123 



gave him something to eat. The next morning he came to her house 

 and took her over to his grandmother's house, where they lived for- 

 ever afterwards. 



32. MASAUWUU AND THE HANO HUNTERS.' 



In Hdno the people were living. In the winter it snowed very 

 much and there was much snow, and the Hano went hunting. North 

 of the village they were hunting towards the Sun shrine, and they 

 were hunting rabbits there in the snow. There were a great many 

 rabbits. When they had killed a great many they went home, but 

 still hunting. North of Walpi, at Puhiivavi there lived the Masauwuu. 

 In order to hunt he lived there. He was also hunting in the night. 

 During the day he was sleeping all day. There were a great many 

 rabbits. When he was still sleeping the Hano arrived. The Mds- 

 auwuu was living at Big Rock (Wuw6koa). When the Hano came a 

 cotton-tail was running and they followed him. "Havd! havd!" 

 they said, and pursued him. The rabbit jumped down just where 

 the Masauwuu was sleeping. The Hdno also jumped down, making 

 a great deal of noise. The Masauwuu had a great deal of game under 

 the rock. 



Now the Masauwuu jumped up quickly and ran. He ran against 

 a point of the rock, then he ran in a different direction and again 

 ran against the rock. He had thus perforated his head. In that 

 way he again ran against the rock from place to place. When his 

 head was full of holes the blood was streaming down. A long time 

 ago he used to have a white head, but on account of the Hano now 

 he always has a bloody head. Now they distributed his game. 

 From there they proceeded, tired. Had the Hano not been going 

 around there the Masauwuu would still have a white head. 



Si. TWO YAYAPONCHATU TRADE IN ORaIbI.- 



Halfksai! A long time ago the Oraibi were living in Orafbi. 

 North of the present peach orchards (about three-fourths of a mile 

 north of Oraibi), lived the Yayaponchatu. These are not Hopi, but 

 they are beings something like the skeletons. They have white faces 

 and white bodies, disheveled hair, and wear kilts of black and white 

 striped cloth. They understand the fire and more than once caused 

 villages to be destroyed by fire. They were the cause of the destruc- 



' Told by Lofnivantiwa (SbupalUavi) . 

 * Told by TangAkhoyoma (Oraibi). 



