March, 1905. The Tr.\ditions of the Hopi — Voth. 267 



The Hopi followed them, shooting principally with reed arrows, and 

 killing a great many of them. Only a few finally escaped to their 

 homes, and that is the reason why the Navaho, when they have a 

 dance now, always put out some watchers to look out for intruders. 



109. A RAID ON THE HOP! VILLAGES.* 



Haliksai! At the old ruin on top of the hill (about seven miles 

 north-east of Oraibi) used to live some people. Across the valley on 

 another mesa was also a village. The inhabitants of these two 

 villages used to live farther north-east. They were harassed and 

 warred upon by the Utes (Utsia), for which reason they moved to 

 the two places already mentioned. For about five years they were 

 left in peace in those villages after they had settled there. But in 

 the sixth year their enemies found them again, and one evening they 

 were seen approaching the village and were camping at the mesa 

 somewhat eastward. The chiefs said to their young men: "It seems 

 that somebody is camping there. You run there in the evening and 

 find out who they are." 



So some of the young men ran there, and sneaking close to the 

 camp found out that, sure enough, they were their old enemies. 

 When the inhabitants of the villages heard that, they were busy all 

 night making bows and arrows and preparing for a fight. Very early 

 in the morning the inhabitants of the village on the west side of the 

 valley all moved over to a. small village on the east side of the valley, 

 that was situated on the extreme edge of the mesa. Here they 

 thought they could defend themselves better, as it would be very 

 difficult for their enemies to get up to their village. 



When the sun rose the enemies approached the village on the 

 west side of the valley, rushed up the hill and went through the 

 village, but did not find any one, all having fled. But they soon 

 discovered their tracks and followed them. They were on horse- 

 back, but when they arrived at the place where these people had 

 assembled they could not get up to the village, and many of them 

 were shot and killed by the people in the village. But finally, towards 

 evening, some of them going around the mesa succeeded in getting 

 into the village from the south side, where they captured some of the 

 women and maidens, rushed off with them, mounted their ponies, 

 and escaped. 



The warriors of the village, though they followed them, could not 

 overtake them, as they were afoot. The people who had thus been 



» Told by Kwdyeshva (Oraibi). 



