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him. When he brought all these birds into Spider Woman's house 

 and placed them on the floor, she was very happy, and thanked him 

 for it many times. "Now," she said, "we can eat meat and need 

 no longer simply suck it," as they did before. "I am going to live 

 well now, on account of you, (by your help)," she added. On the 

 fourth day he again made the trip in the same manner, to the afore- 

 said lake, but this time he thought he would turn around to the 

 right, westward, and see at least who it was that was living there 

 and that was reported to be bad. He thought if any danger threat- 

 ened him he could easily run away. So he traveled westward, kick- 

 ing before him his ball. All at once the ball disappeared and he 

 found that it had dropped into a kiva. He approached the kiva and 

 waited outside. All at once some one called from within, saying, 

 that he had been seen and that he should come in, as nobody would 

 hurt hihi. So he went in and found that his ball was lying north of 

 the fireplace. He was again, with the utmost kindness, invited to 

 sit down, with which he complied. He thought that those who 

 lived here could by no means be called dangerous or bad. The man 

 living in the kiva had long eyelids that were hanging down on his 

 breast and that had to be laid back over his head when he wanted 

 to see. His name was Hasohkata, and soon he said: "Now, let us 

 play totdlospi. " The young man consented, but Hasohkata beat 

 him twice. "What will you pay me now?" he asked the young 

 man. "I do not know," the latter said, "I have nothing. You 

 may take my ball, however." "I do not want that," Hasohkata 

 said, "but you may lie down outside at the entrance of my kiva and 

 it will not be so cold then, " for it had by this time become fall and 

 the weather was getting cold. The young man consented, but Has- 

 ohkata said to him: "I am afraid you will run away then, so I am 

 going to tie your hands and feet," which he did. In a little while 

 the young man began to feel very cold while he was lying outside of 

 the kiva. Spider Woman, in the meanwhile, became uneasy about 

 her young friend, saying, "It is now about half noon and he is not 

 yet here, he undoubtedly did not follow my advice and went west- 

 ward and fell into the hands of the bad people. She at once went to 

 look him up and found him lying at the kiva's opening, his hands 

 tied on his back and his feet also tied together. "Aha!" she said, 

 "here you are lying just as I thought. You must be hungry; now, 

 that is the reason why I came. Now, you stay here until I return 

 and get something for you. " So she returned to her house and got 

 two fuzzy, short turkey feathers. With these she returned and 

 placed one beneath him and with the other one she covered him up. 



