March, 1905. The Traditions of the Hopi — Voth. 247 



Her father, the village chief, became very angry. His heart became 

 very bad about that, and he was thinking about it very deeply. 

 The men at the village had been bad for some time and the chief 

 determined that he would take revenge. He made up his mind that 

 the village should be rased to the ground so that grass should grow 

 there. This he was thinking in his heart while he was angry. 



The chase was broken up and the people went home mourning. 

 The chief said that he was not angry, but he said that with his lips 

 only, and in his heart he was angry and planned a punishment. One 

 night when all were fast asleep he proceeded to Shongopavi and 

 entered the village chief's house, because at that time the people did 

 not lock their doors. The village chief was fast asleep, but the visi- 

 tor touched his head and waked him up. The village chief of Shon- 

 g6pavi arose and built a fire. They each took a seat opposite the 

 fireplace. The chief of Aoatovi filled his pipe, which he had brought 

 with him, with tobacco that he had also brought, lit the pipe, smoked, 

 and handed it to his friend, the Shong6pavi chief, who also smoked. 

 When the pipe was empty, the latter handed it back to the Aoatovi 

 chief who cleaned it out and laid it down. "Now then, why have 

 you come?" the Shongopavi chief asked. "You certainly go about 

 in this way for some reason. " "Yes," the visitor replied, "there in 

 my village my children (people) are bad. They have bad hearts. 

 They will not listen to my talk, they will not do what I tell them to 

 do, and when some time ago we had a hunt they rode over my daugh- 

 ter and killed her. I have put her away but I am angry at that. 

 Now then, my village shall be rased to the ground. It shall be turned 

 to sand and grass shall grow there. " "So that is why you are going 

 about here," said the Shong6pavi chief. "Yes, that is why I have 

 come here. I am very angry and that is why I have come to you 

 here. So you must instruct your strong men to practice their strength 

 in running and racing so that they become strong. In four days I 

 shall return again." Having said this he returned home. 



The people in the village had no suspicion of what was going on. 

 The chief kept the matter strictly to himself. In the night of the 

 fourth day he went again to Shongopavi. The chief of Shongopavi, 

 expecting his friend, had retired for the night, but had not gone to 

 sleep, so when he heard his friend come he got up and built a fire. 

 They sat down again, smoked, and he again asked his visitor why he 

 had come. "Yes," he said, "you remember what I told you and 

 that I requested you to prepare your strong men. Are they willing?" 

 "Yes," the Shong6pavi chief replied, "they are willing and are prac- 

 ticing." "Very well," the other one said, "now on the third day 



