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104. THE DESTRUCTION OF AOATOVl.' 



Aliksai! At Aoatovi they were living. The village chief had 

 some fine nice fields there. North of the village were two springs. 

 The village chief also had a son, but all the maidens of the village 

 were afraid of this youth and refused to marry him. He was a great 

 hunter and always went hunting. So one time he again led a hunt- 

 ing expedition. They went south-west of the village, away ofif, where 

 they assembled at a certain place. They had built their fire. Some 

 of the maidens of the village took part in the hunt. They then 

 formed two parties, and these spread out to form a circle. There 

 were a great many rabbits and they killed a great many. A large 

 hawk took part in the hunt too. He would swoop down on the rab- 

 bits and kill them. This he did for the village chief's son, so that 

 when they went home the village chief had a great deal of game to 

 carry home. When the sun was low they arrived at the spring close 

 to Aod,tovi, Here they drank and then they went up to the village. 

 On the way up they ate many peaches and watermelons that were 

 growing close to the mesa. The peaches were just beginning to get 

 ripe. 



The village chief's son not having anything to carry, ran ahead to 

 the village, wrapped up in his blanket, and seated himself on top of 

 a house and watched for the hunters to come up. When they assem- 

 bled in the village he came down and met his father in the house. 

 Here they ate supper. When they were through his sister removed 

 the remnants. The father then smoked on the game, whereupon 

 the son addressed his father and said: "My father, I am unhappy 

 here, and now our children (people) they shall be happy here only 

 this long too. Let us do something to them. You go to Toriva to- 

 morrow morning." "Is that so?" the father said. "Yes," the son 

 replied. 



So early in the morning the village chief repaired to the village 

 of Hano, where he met the chief of that village. "Why have you 

 come?" the latter said. "Yes," the visitor replied, "my son spoke 

 to me somethii^g not good last night, and I have come to tell you 

 about it. The maidens of our village refuse to marry him. They 

 run away from him and so we want you to come and fetch our people. 

 You notify the other villages and then you come sometime and bring 

 powder of Spanish pepper with you, and then when they are all in 

 their kiva you give them that pepper. " ^JHereupon the village chief 

 returned to his home. The chief of I^^no went to inform the inhab- 



' Told by Kuhkuima (Shupaiilavi). 



