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leaving him to attend to fire. He sees opening of kiva closed with threads 

 stretched in every direction. Woman comes again dancing and singing, and 

 is skeleton. As she turns around youth jumps up, runs up ladder and cuts 

 strings closing opening, and runs awaj'. He again sees light, and finds 

 another kiva where dancing is going on. He enters and asks dancers to hide 

 him. They are crickets. They rub clay over his body and he dances along. 

 Skeleton Woman comes and asks for her husband. They pretend not to hear 

 her, but she enters and examines dancers. Youth rushes out and runs towards 

 village pursued by Skeleton Woman, who fails to overtake him. 



31. — MAsAuwuu Marries a Maiden. 



Beautiful maiden who refuses to marry is visited by Masauwuu as hand- 

 some young man. She asks who he is, and after conversing all evening, she 

 promises to marn.' him. Next morning she sends tray of muhpiki to his 

 grandmother. She gives Mdsauwuu quantity of rabbit meat for maiden. 

 Next morning he comes and takes her to his grandmother's house. 



32. M.iSAUWUU AND THE HAnO HuNTERS. 



Hano go hunting rabbits in winter towards Sun shrine. They kill 

 many, and return still hunting. Mdsauwoiu hunts during night and sleeps all 

 day. Hano follows cotton-tail, which jumps down just where Masauwuu is 

 sleeping. They follow, making great noise. Mdsauwuu jumps up quickly and 

 runs. Runs against rock several times and perforates his head and blood 

 streams down. He used to have white head, but now has bloody head. He 

 has much game, which Hano distribute, and proceed home. 



33. — The Two YAyaponchatu Trade in Oraibi. 



Long ago Ydyaponchatu live near Oraibi. They are like skeletons, white 

 with disheveled hair, and wear kilts of black and white striped cloth. They 

 understand fire. Oraibi barter by putting things on pile in kiva and sending 

 round to different kivas to trade things off. Ydyaponchatu send two to trade 

 for native tobacco. They go to kiva and let down bundles of broom grass. 

 They make Hopi understand what they want, and one of them gets tobacco. 

 They go to another kiva, and other one trades broom grass for tobacco. They 

 are happy, and in village smoke tobacco. 



34. — The KoHONiNo Hunter. 



Kohonino goes hunting. Shoots mountain sheep and follows it all day. 

 Shoots it again, and animal tumbles partly down bluff and dies. Hunter 

 climbs down, but foot slips, and he rolls over ledge where animal lying. Both 

 his eyes fall out, and he lies unconscious. Kohonino in village keep up fire all 

 night and wait for return of young man. In night he revives, but as Skeleton. 

 He goes to village, pitying himself. People see and hear him. They see 

 skeleton, and all flee with things and children. Skeleton takes possession of 

 houses, and has lived there ever since. Kdhonino go westward, and settle in 

 valley near Green Bluff. 



35. — The White Corn-Ear Maiden and the Sorcerers. 



White Corn-Ear Maiden refuses all offers of marriage. Inhabitants of 

 kiva, who are sorcerers, decide to destroy her. Thev make wheel of feathered 



