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"So you have watched us," the old man said to the young man. 

 "Yes," the latter said, "I saw you take out the body of my sister 

 and followed you up to the time when you were singing over her 

 body here in the kiva. " The old warrior then also spoke and asked 

 them why they had done this; what they wanted with that maiden; 

 t'ley might have known that they would make the heart of her 

 brother sad, etc. The old man replied, "We have nothing to say, 

 but let us measure each other and see who is the stronger, and let us 

 see whether you are brave and whether you understand anything. 

 You let us see what you are first." "No," the warrior said, "we 

 did not bring this about, you wanted this that way and we challenge 

 you to show what you are first." "All right," the old man said, 

 and gave orders to extinguish the fire. Hereupon the warriors took 

 their shields into their hands and immediately the sorcerers shot 

 small dangerous arrows "at them, which could be heard flying against 

 their shields at short intervals. The warriors responded with their 

 war cry, Eha-ha-ha. In a short time the old man said, "Kindle the 

 fire again, because they are certainly dead by this time. " When the 

 fire was kindled the warriors were all still standing, and said, "We 

 are not dead yet." They were then challenged to show their skill. 

 The fire was again extinguished and the war chief then drew from a 

 pocket a little sack containing live bees. These he liberated and 

 they flew upon the sorcerers, their wives and children and stung 

 them. Soon pitiful cries were heard from all sides and the old man 

 begged that the warriors should desist. The war chief recalled the 

 bees and sent them out of the kiva. 



"Do not kindle that fire," C6tukvnangwuu said, "we are not 

 through yet." Hereupon he drew forth a ray of lightning, threw it 

 among them and they were all torn to pieces, the kiva being filled 

 with a bright light. When the lightning had done its work and it 

 had become dark in the kiva the warrior waited until they felt the 

 warm blood of their victims touching their feet. The old warrior 

 then said to their destroyed enemies: "This is what has happened to 

 you. You ought not to be living, because you are dangerous, you 

 are bad. You took away and ill treated this young man's sister; 

 but you are very skillful, you will undoubtedly restore yourselves 

 again," and thereupon they left the kiva and returned to the vil- 

 lage. 



The old warrior and the young man replaced their war costume 

 in the warrior's house. C6tukvnangwuu ascended to the sky again, 

 where he found the maiden which the Hawk had taken there. In 

 the house where they lived up there the skin of an Eagle Body (Kwa- 



