March, 1905. The Traditions of the Hopi — Voth. 141 



she rubbed this hand over the face of the antelope, twisted his nose, 

 rubbed his horns, etc., and then let him run. She then turned to the 

 people who had assembled outside of the house and said : ' ' After this 

 you shall have great difficulty in hunting these animals. If you had 

 let them alone here they would have remained close by, and you would 

 have had no difficulty in slaying them." She thereupon also left the 

 house and disappeared with the game. Ever after she lived along 

 the Little Colorado River, where also for a long time the deer and 

 antelope abounded. And this is the reason why it is so difficult to 

 approach and kill this game. The Tfhkuy Wuhti having rubbed her 

 own odor over the nose and face of that antelope, these antelopes now 

 smell the odor of people from a far distance, and so it is very difficult 

 to approach them. The Tihkuy Wuhti is said to still live at the Little 

 Colorado River, and the Hopi claim to have seen her, still wrapped up 

 in the white robe, and all covered with blood. She controls the game, 

 and hunters make prayer-oflferings to her of turquoise and nakwdk- 

 wosis stained in red ochre like that used in the Snake ceremony. 

 These prayer-offerings, however, are always deposited in the night. 



38. THE Maiden who stole the youth's costume.' 



Haliksai ! A long time ago the people were living in Shupaulavi. 

 In the north-east corner of the village lived a maiden, and in another 

 part of the village lived a grandmother with her grandson. One time 

 this grandson wanted to practice running. His grandmother dressed 

 him up in a kilt, beads, bunch of parrot feathers, and tied a little bell 

 to his back, etc. She told him, that when he had made his circuit 

 and returned to the village he should never pass by the house of that 

 maiden, because she was dangerous, but he should come up another 

 trail. ' So he ran towards Mish6ngnovi and descended the mesa south- 

 east of Mish6ngnovi, then made a large circuit in the valley. 



He was thinking why his grandmother had forbidden him to pass 

 by that maiden's house. Early the next morning he again ran, again 

 descending south-east of Mishongnovi. Passing down the trail east- 

 ward, he turned in the valley, ran north, turned to the mesa south of 

 PAchkovi, ascended the mesa, and came to the village from the north. 

 When he ascended to the village the maiden was standing on her kiva. 

 "Aha, some one is running there," she said. "Run! run! You are 

 beautifully dressed up," she continued, "let me dress up in your cos- 

 tume and dance for you." 



Hereupon the youth ascended to the village and stopped in front 



> Told by Sikdhpiici (Shupaulavi) . 



