March, 1905. The Traditions of the Hopi — Votii. 287 



On fourth day grandmother calls for neighbors to come and assist in head- 

 washing. Maiden sits close to kiva entrance, and clouds come and rain upon 

 her. P(k)kongs constantly play with ball and stick, and with feathered arrows. 

 Spiders prepare bridal costume. One day Spider Woman washes heads of 

 Prtokong and bride. She gives maiden bridal costume and sends her to 

 mother's house. P(k)kong follows with quantity of meat. Spider Woman 

 instructs Piiokong not to talk much, and in evening to sit on floor looking at 

 wrist-bands. After eating at mother's house, Prtokong sits on floor and holds 

 wrist-band before eyes and looks through it. In morning Pfiokong goes to 

 visit Spider Woman. When she hears what he has done, she says he is kahopi. 

 In planting time P6okong goes to Spider Woman and she gives him small parcel 

 of different kinds of com. He goes with father-in-law to plant, and takes 

 parcel. They plant one grain of com at time, and it soon grows up. It rains 

 heavily and much grass grows up. Spider Woman tells P6okong that he 

 should form ant-hills throughout field, meaning that he should diligently hoe 

 it. He goes to field with hoe, but finds ant-hills, and forms small ant-hills 

 throughout field. When he tells grandmother, she calls him fool, and tells 

 him to go and " wiklolantanangwu. " He goes and obtains fat, which he scatters 

 through corn-field. He returns without having hoed. When he tells Spider 

 Woman what he has done, she calls him great fool, and explains that she 

 meant he was to hoe field. P(3okong finds father-in-law very sad about con- 

 dition of corn. He tells him hoeing shall be done that day. They go to field. 

 Spider Woman asks clouds to hoe field. While men are hoeing, clouds come 

 and water runs through corn-field in streamlets, covering up grass with sand 

 and earth. P6okong's wife bears son, who grows up and plays with children. 

 Father makes him bows and arrows. Sometimes he shoots children. Oraibi 

 angry and say Pdokongs should go to their own house. P(iokong returns home 

 with son, leaving wife wnth her parents. 



25. — How THE Antelope Maiden was Reconciled. 



Two sons of village chiefs of Zuni are racing. At bluff they are called bj' 

 Antelope mana. They approach, and maiden draws up elder brother by deep 

 inhalation. She tells other one that she will not give back his brother even 

 for his beads. When father hears, he sends younger brother to ask assistance of 

 Pookonghoyas, for whom he makes ball tied to stick and arrow. He goes to 

 house of Spider Woman, their grandmother, who calls them. Messenger hands 

 them presents, and they send him to Mole. Mole tells them to go northward 

 to his uncle. They come to house of Storm, who is Hopi. Young man tells 

 his story and they smoke. Young man swallows smoke. Then Storm sends 

 him to Snake people at Walpi.. He goes and finds Snake people dressed up as 

 warriors. He tells them why he has come, and they smoke. Young man 

 again swallows all smoke, which pleases Snakes. They give him baho, which 

 they say maiden wants, and tell him to make bahos like it. He returns home, 

 and they make good many bdhos. Young man, father, two Prtokongs, Spider 

 Woman, and Storm proceed to bluff. Father asks for son and shows maiden 

 bahos. By aid of Storm they get into house, and maiden says she wants 

 bahos, but before she gives up son they must play game. She spreads sand on 

 floor, and Hopi plant seeds and thrust bdhos into border of sand. Plants grow 

 up quickly, and maiden then says they shall race, following sun. Young man 

 mounts eagle breath feather and maiden turns into swift .snake. Maiden is in 



