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finds nothing in rooms on north, west, and south sides, but on coming out of 

 room on east side she brings complete bridal costume. She dresses up bride, 

 sprinkles road of corn meal, and sends her home to her parents. Inhabitants 

 of Snake and Ndshabe kivas are angry at young man and plan how to kill him. 

 They decide to make raid on Navaho. Grandmother hears of it through 

 father of young wife, who is inhabitant of Snake kiva. She tells young man 

 to send his wife's little sister to Snake kiva to call father to breakfast. In 

 morning she goes to kiva for father and adds that in four days there will be 

 war. Next day she repeats this, saying there will be war in three days. On 

 third day she says to-morrow there will be war. Men make bows and arrows 

 all day. Next morning she says there will be war that day. Navaho approach 

 village and attack men in fields. Men of village descend to meet them. Hiy6n- 

 atitiwa and father-in-law, well armed, go to old woman's house. She goes into 

 different rooms and calls for Puma, Bear, Wild Cat and Wolf. Hopi meet 

 Navaho, who ask where Hiy6natitiwa is. While talking young man and father- 

 in-law descend mesa, accompanied by four animals. Animals rush on Navaho, 

 who are nearly all killed, and also Hopi who have planned raid to get youth 

 out of way and steal his wife. 



41. — The Shongopavi Maiden Who Turned into a Dog. 



In Shong6pavi lives a handsome youth whom all maidens ask for. Bad- 

 looking maiden grinds coarse meal, puts it into tray and sings while throwing 

 it to chfro birds. In evening birds assemble at mdna's house and after that 

 mdna always feeds them. Youth also makes tray and hands it to maidens 

 saying that who opens it shall get him. No one can open it. Tray comes to 

 bad-looking maiden and Spider Woman tells her to sing. So, secretly singing, 

 maiden opens it and owns youth. Pretty maidens are sad and angry. Youth 

 takes maiden to his house. His mother bathes her and she becomes pretty. 

 They make her bridal costume and she goes home, youth following. They 

 sleep there twice, and second time she does not get up. Mother of maiden 

 goes and tells them to get up. Maiden has turned into dog, which jumps down 

 and runs away. 



42. — The Blind Man and the Lame Man. 



Earthquake at Oraibi frightens people and all run north. Blind man 

 asks cripple for information. They call to each other to come over and finally 

 ■ blind man takes stick and feels his way to cripple's house. Cripple suggests 

 that they also flee, blind man to carry cripple on his back and cripple to show 

 way. Thus they follow others. Elk meets them and cripple wonders what 

 it is. From his description blind man concludes it is elk. They have bow 

 and arrow, and cripple suggests that blind man shall shoot it, cripple to aim 

 for him. Blind man shoots and kills elk. They have nothing with which to 

 skin animal or cut meat, but they dig eyes out with arrow. They make fire 

 and place eyes on it. Eyes get hot and burst with great report. They jump, 

 and lame man can walk and blind man can see. They remain awake all night 

 lest they should become lame and blind again. In morning they follow tracks 

 of people and find them in timber. People return to Orafbi, those two taking 

 lead. 



