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ing that way here and I am going to devour you," whereupon she 

 grabbed the stone dressed in the bird's skin and crushed it. She 

 broke all her teeth so that the blood was streaming from her mouth. 

 She ran back to the Dawn Spring in order to wash her face, but as 

 she stooped over the water she saw some one with a bloody face staring 

 at her. She at once left the spring without having drunk any water, 

 and ran to Spider Spring, where she was scared away in the same 

 manner. From here she ran to Dripping Spring (Shivukva), where 

 she met with the same disappointment. Hereupon she ran to Hotval 

 Spring (H6tvalva). Here again she was scared away by the face 

 staring at her, and without daring to drink she rushed away westward 

 to the Grand Canyon. Arriving at the rim of the Canyon she jumped 

 into the canyon and perished. 



66. THE AAHTU' AND THE COYOTE.' 



A long time ago many Aahtu were playing in the cedar timber 

 north of Orafbi. One time they were near a very pretty cedar-tree 

 and here they sang the following song : 



Hatava, yayhona yayhona, 1 The meaning of the words is not 

 Hatava yayhona, i known, except "tfiva" (throw). 



Hatava yayhona, [^ "Hatava" may be an obsolete 



Tuva yayhona! ! word for "eyes." 



When they were through with the song they all took out their 

 eyes, throwing them on the tree, where they remained suspended like 

 little balls. They then sang the same song again, whereupon the 

 eyes returned to their sockets. This they did many times. All at 

 once a Coyote appeared upon the scene and asked: "What are you 

 doing here?" "Yes," they said, "we are having a little dance here, 

 and then we play throwing our eyes on the tree and getting them 

 back again. Sometimes when the eyes are not very clear and one 

 throws them away in this manner they become clear again." "All 

 right," the Coyote said, "I shall join you because one of my eyes is 

 not very clear. Some time ago I was chasing a rabbit and ran with 

 my head against a tree and a piece of wood entered my eye, and ever 

 since that eye is very dim, so I shall play with you and maybe my 

 eye will get clear." 



So they sang their little song again, the Coyote joining them, and 

 as they sang the last word they all threw their eyes on the tree, the 

 Coyote too. They then sang again, and all the eyes, except those of 



' Plural from Ahu. a blue-bird of about the size of a txirtle-dove. probably the blue jay. 

 » Told by QoyAwaima (Oraibi). 



