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climbed up the tree. He got to the Red world. He thought it was 
nice. He said to himself: ‘“This is the place my mother sent me to see, 
so I am making the tree firm.’”’ Then he came down and told Utcetsiti 
what he had seen. Shethanked him. Then everyone ascended to the 
Red world, with Kwiraina leading the way. 
They stayed in the Red world for 4 years. Everyone did the 
things—performed the ceremonies—that they had. Then they de- 
cided to move on. A seed of the heyac (fog, unidentified) tree was 
- ereated and planted. They made it grow like they had the other trees. 
It had great difficulty, though, because in places it encountered solid 
rock. Koshairi was told to try the tree to see if it was suitable and 
adequate. He climbed up but after a while he came back and said 
that the tree had been halted by solidrock. Then they sent Kwiraina 
up the tree and he, too, came back with the same report. Next they 
sent Dyupi moti (Badger boy) up the tree; they sent him because he is 
a good digger. Badger climbed up the tree until he came to the rock. 
He started digging. He dug through the rock and came to dirt; from 
there on it was easy. The tree went on up as the badger opened the 
way. Badger came down. He told the yaya that he was finished, 
that he had done what they had asked him to do. But, he said the 
hole was rough and there were some sharp rocks: ‘‘SSomeone might get 
hurt,’ he said. 
So the mothers sent Tsika (cicada) moti (boy) up the tree. (He 
had been created in the Red world. When Tsika came to life under 
the manta, he made the noise like they do now in the summer. They 
took the naback (manta) off Tsika and told him why he had been 
created.) Tsika said ‘I will do my best.’’ So he went up the tree 
until he came to the hole. He made it smooth. He looked out 
into the White world; Badger had already told him about the White 
world and how nice it was. Tsika came back down the tree and 
told the mothers about the White world. 
Then everyone started climbing the tree. These trees were known 
as watiyama (ladders). Finally everyone got up to the White world. 
They liked it so well they decided to live there as long as the earth 
lasts. The people said this to their mother. Yaya thanked them 
and said they would live there as long as the world should last. 
They heard a big noise like a storm coming behind them from the 
lower world. Utctsiti wondered who it was. The people wondered, 
too, and looked around to see who was missing. They missed Ho- 
dopo and Wikori, the ‘fathers’ of Kwiraina. No one had missed 
them since they had left the first world, but now they were coming 
along behind. Soon Hopopo and Wikori reached the White earth. 
You could hear them coming. They were very angry. You could 
hear rock falling down as they came up. When they appeared before 
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