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women and the maidens you take, but the men and the old women 

 you may kill." The Shongdpavi chief hung his head and meditated 

 very seriously. Finally he raised his head and said: "No, I do not 

 want that, I shall not do that. My Katcinas went over there to race 

 and they killed one of your handsome young men. You followed 

 them and you killed three of my Katcinas. We are even now. I 

 shall not go and kill others, I shall not go and bring any one here to 

 my village. No, I do not want that." The Ao^tovi chief then also 

 hung his head and reflected. He finally said: "Very well. Oh! so 

 you do not want to make me glad. You do not want my people. 

 I want my village to be rased to the ground, but you will not. Very 

 well, then, be it that way. " Hereupon he got up and left, returning 

 to his village. 



When he arrived there he again thought over the matter. In 

 the night he went to Oraibi, entered the chief's house, shook him, 

 and awoke him. The chief got up, and built a fire. They smoked 

 together, and then he related the same story to the Orafbi chief that 

 he had told to the Shong6pavi chief. He added that he had re- 

 quested the Shongdpavi chief to destroy his people but he had refused 

 to do so, and hence he had now come to him. "Now, what do you 

 think about it?" he asked. "So that is why you are going about," 

 the Ora£bi chief said, "so that is what you have planned. It is with 

 you. If your children (people) are not dear to you, and if you really 

 want your village destroyed, I shall be willing to assist you, and 

 nothing shall then be done to my people. But if your children are 

 dear to you, if you value them, and if your village is dear to you, I 

 shall not want to do that because my people might then be destroyed 

 also. So it remains with you to say about it. " " No, my people are 

 not dear to me," the other chief replied, "I want my village to be 

 destroyed and leveled to the ground so that grass shall grow there, 

 and nothing shall happen to your people. That is the reason why 

 I have come here and have told you this. " 



"Very well," the Oraibi chief said, "then I am willing to do it." 

 "All right," the Aoatovi chief replied, "thanks, thanks, now I am 

 happy that you are willing. Thank you! Here I have brought you 

 these, my people," whereupon he produced two small clay figures, 

 which he held in his hand, one representing the males, the other the 

 females of his village. "You select one of these," he said, "whichever 

 you select you shall have, and the others shall be left for the other 

 villages." "Very well," the Oraibi chief said, and selected the 

 figure representing the females. "Thank you, that you have brought 

 these to me and that they are not dear to you. Thank you. " "Very 



