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Crow is constantly trying to influence the Hopi to do bad things, to 

 infuse sickness into their bodies, there is some one else that is trying 

 to counteract the doings of the Crow, but who this unseen being is 

 the Hopi do not know. They do not know where he lives ; they have 

 no regular name for him ; they speak of him as The-One-that-Does- 

 Grood-for-them-All, and wants to make them good, or as the One- 

 with-the-Good-Heart, and so on. The ideas about this being seem to 

 be vague. It is not quite clear whether the Hopi consider it to be 

 a personality or simply a power, or influence, but they believe that 

 whatever this may be, it is not so strong as the Crow, although the 

 two forces constantly wrangle over the individual Hopi, the one try- 

 ing to exert a bad influence over him and the other one to counteract 

 this bad influence. The Hopi say that sometimes, when they are 

 under the influence of the Crow, this other power will in some myster- 

 ious way make itself felt, so that they sometimes feel a sudden shock; 

 so that, as they sometimes put it, they even sometimes hit their foot 

 against an object that may be close by. By this, they say, they 

 realize that that "Good Thing," or Being, is trying to exert its 

 influence over them and to save them from some bad influence of 

 the Crow. 



48. THE MAIDEN AND THE COYOTE.' 



A long time ago a beautiful maiden lived in the northern part of 

 the village of Oraibi. The young men of the village vied with one 

 another to gain her favor, but she treated with contempt all attempts 

 in that direction. Thie young men would gather flowers, some of 

 them even going long distances to find rare flowers, and offer them to 

 her, but she would persistently refuse to accept any of them. So 

 they finally gave up the attempts in disgust. 



The Yellow Cloud chief of the north heard about it and also 

 decided to try to win her. He prepared a beautiful bridal outfit, 

 consisting of two robes, a pair of moccasins, a knotted belt, and a 

 reed mat, the latter to be used as a receptacle for a part of the outfit. 

 In fact, it was the same outfit that is made for brides at the present 

 time, but yellow being the color of the north with the Hopi, this whole 

 outfit was of that color. The chief brought it to the village and pre- 

 sented it to the maiden, but she refused to accept it, so he, too, re- 

 turned to his home in disgust. , The Blue Cloud chief of the west hearing 

 about this, made up his mind that he would try to win the favor of 

 that maiden, so he prepared a blue bridal outfit and offered it to 

 the maiden, but it was promptly refused. Hereupon the Red Cloud 



' Told by Qoydwaima (Oraibi) . 



