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and devour corn. They eat beyond limit and maiden tries to drive them 

 away, but cannot. She runs home and tells father. He hurries to field and 

 finds Grasshoppers have eaten up all corn. He follows them and finding them 

 asleep, kills many of them with stick and destroys their houses. Others escape 

 and now Grasshoppers live anywhere. 



98. — How THE Beetles Produced Rain. 



It is hot and there is no rain. Beetles are very thirsty and some die. 

 Chief proposes dance to bring rain and makes little song for them. They 

 practice song and go to sleep. In morning chief makes four nakwd,kwosis and 

 deposits them west of little village. He asks clouds in San Francisco Moun- 

 tains to come quickly and bring some water. They dress up for dance and 

 paint bodies black. Chief prays to clouds and Beetles are formed in line. 

 They sing song and as they are singing clouds come and water falls, so that 

 they can drink. When they have quenched thirst they are very happy and 

 run about. 



99. — ^Why the Ants are so Thin. 



Chief of Ants says that in four days they are going to have Katcina initia- 

 tion. On fourth day three ants dress up as Katcinas. Some make sand picture 

 in kiva and Ants bring in children to be initiated. Katcina priest relates story 

 and four little Kdyemsis have performance. At signal Katcinas come running 

 and after circling kiva several times, enter it. They flog little Ant children 

 so hard that they almost cut through middle of body. When through, all 

 Katcinas run away. That is why ants are now so thin in middle of bodies. 



! 100. LXVOVOLVIPIKI AND NoNVOVOLPIKI. 



L;iv6v6lvipiki and N6nv6v6lpiiki are great friends. Latter visits friend 

 and they conclude to have dance. L.lvovolvipiki is to fetch mice maidens and 

 N6nv6v6lpiki to borrow drum to have Paiute dance. Latter goes to Kwan 

 kiva and borrows drum. He returns to friend's kiva and finds maidens already 

 assembled. They practice songs and dances during night. In morning each 

 mdna has eagle feather tied to her head and red dot on each cheek. While 

 dancing Prtokongs come hunting. Each shoots mouse and one of them eats 

 Nrtnvovolpiki and other Ldvovolvipiki, 



loi. — The Destruction of PivAnhonkapi. 



North of Oraibi are li\'ing Ydyaponchatu. Village chief of Pivdnhonfcapi 

 is worried over degeneration of people, women even participating< in games 

 of chance. Chief's wife neglects children when she gambles in kiva. Chief 

 goes to Ydyaponchatu, who are in league with supernatural forces, to ask 

 them to punish his people. They tell him to choose fire or storm and he chooses 

 fire. He invites them to dance in his village. He tells chief of Hdckovi and 

 his assistant to come in evening. They come and chief tells them all about 

 matter. On fourth day there are seven of Katcina dances'. Ydyaponchatu 

 perform last dance. They sing omim^us song. Prayer-oiferings carried by 

 four of their dancers have spark of fire over each husk packet. At conclusion 

 of dance they hand three of these prayer-offerings to village chief and to chief 

 of Hilckovi and his friend, fourth being retained by leader of Ydyaponchatu 



