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shot them, to see if they were good people. But the people took 

 their white arrows, painted them red, and shot them back. When 

 they showed these to their chief, he said that it was not a good 

 sign ; if the arrows returned had been white, they could have 

 gone there and brought food for their children, but as they were 

 red they must not go. Nevertheless, some of them went to see 

 what sort of people they were ; and found their houses deserted, 

 They also saw a trail which led into the river ; and, as they could 

 not see the trail on the opposite bank, they believed that the peo- 

 ple had gone into the river, and would not again come forth. 



At that place is a mountain, called Moterell, which makes a 

 noise like beating on a drum ; and they think this people live 

 there. They hear this noise on all sides when they go to War. 



They went along the river till they came to a waterfall, where 

 they saw great rocks, and on the rocks were bows lying ; and they 

 beli<;ved the people who made the white path had been there. 



They always have, on their journeys, two scouts who go before 

 the main body. These scouts ascended a high mountain and saw 

 a town. They shot white arrows into the town ; but the people 

 of the town shot back red arrows. Then the Cussitaws became 

 angry, and determined to attack the town, and each one have a 

 house when it was captured. They threw stones into the river 

 until they could cross it, and took the town (the people had flat- 

 tened heads), and killed all but two persons. In pursuing these 

 they found a white dog, which they slew. They followed the two 

 who escaped, until they came again to the white path, and saw the 

 smoke of a town, and thought that this must be the people they 

 had so long been seeking. This is the place where now the tribe 

 of Palachucolas live, from whom Tomochichi is descended. 



The Cussitaws continued bloody-minded ; but the Palachuco- 

 las gave them black drink as a sign of friendship, and said to 

 them : " Our hearts are white, and yours must be white, and you 

 must lay down the bloody tomahawk, and show your bodies as a 

 proof that they shall be white." Nevertheless, they were for the 

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