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arrows, one of which is poisoned. Into wheel they wrap breath of maiden. 

 Young men play with wheel and arrows in front of maiden's house, and one of 

 them wounds her foot with poisoned arrow. She dies at night. Sorcerers 

 change themselves into coyotes and other animals, and after burial of maiden 

 approach graveyard imitating sounds of animals. Brother of maiden is 

 watching her grave, and sees animals approaching. He is about to shoot at 

 them, when he hears them speak. They have old wrappings which they tear 

 to pieces, that people may think coyotes have eaten corpse. Body is then 

 disinterred and carried off on back of gray wolf. Young man follows them to 

 place of meeting. He hears one of them say they should hurry up, and he 

 immediately runs back to village for help. He goes to war chief, who promises 

 assistance. After putting on war costumes, chief goes outside and whistles 

 upwards. Star and cloud deity comes and promises assistance. Chief whistles 

 again, and Hawk comes and promises to go with them. He again whistles, 

 and many skeleton flies come and drink his spittle, and he closes his hand upon 

 them. They all go to sorcerers' kiva and find them resuscitating maiden. 

 Old man takes breath wrapped up in wheel, puts it into body, and mdna revives. 

 When she sees herself among sorcerers, she cries bitterly. All have their Hopi 

 forms. Old woman washes and dresses maiden, who is told to retire and lie 

 down on bed. She seats herself on couch and old man approaches her. Old 

 warrior just then releases skeleton fly. Its humming attracts attention, and 

 old man sees it. Hawk rushes into kiva, grabs maiden, and carries her out of 

 kiva on his back. Brother of maiden speaks, and when old man sees enemies 

 in kiva he challenges them to contest of strength. Fire is extinguished, and 

 sorcerers shoot small dangerous arrows which strike warriors' shields. Fire is 

 rekindled, and when warriors are seen not dead they are challenged to show 

 their skill. Fire is extinguished again, and war chief liberates bees from little 

 sack, and they sting sorcerers and their wives and children. Old man begs 

 warriors to desist, and then star and cloud deity throws lightning which tears 

 them to pieces. Warriors return to village and deity ascends to sky, where he 

 finds maiden taken there by Hawk. Maiden remains there for some time 

 grinding corn-meal, and then Hawk takes her to earth and deposits her near 

 Oraibi. She tells parents she will go back again, but when she dies they are 

 not to wrap her up and tie her body. She disappears several times, and at 

 last she fails to awake one morning. They treat her body as eagles are treated 

 when they are buried. Her brother watches grave for four days, but it is not 

 disturbed. In meantime star and cloud deity has restored his victims to life, 

 but as punishment has mixed up parts of different bodies, that they should be 

 ridiculed by people. Old man has one leg of woman, and so on. They come 

 to village and are laughing stock of people. Old man falls down ladder of kiva 

 and is killed. All victims meet with some accident, and soon all are dead. 

 When last one dead, maiden descends from sky to village and lives long while. 

 She finally dies and goes to sky to live with war chiefs. 



36. — Watermelon-Rind Woman (H5lokop5 Wuhti). 



Pretty maiden refuses all offers of marriage. Grandmother of young man 

 called Piwitamni, because he patches her wrappers and blankets, tells him to 

 ask hand of maiden in marriage. He refuses because he is poor, and his blanket 

 much patched. Grandmother gives him two fawns and tells him to take them 

 to maiden at certain rock. In evening he goes and finds maiden pulverizing 



