48 CASA GRANDE, ARIZONA [ETH. ANN. 28 
Humming-bird dropped a little medicine on the breasts of Wind-man and Rain- 
man, which caused them after a time to move and later to awake. When they had 
risen from their sleep Humming-bird informed them that Morning Green had sent him 
to ask them to return and again take up their abode with him at Casa Grande. Rain- 
man, who had no desire to return, answered, ‘‘ Why did Morning Green send us away?”’ 
and Wind-man said, ‘‘ Return to Morning Green and tell him to cut off his daughter’s 
hair and make from it a rope.! Bring this rope to me and I will tie it about my 
loins that Rain-man, who is blind, may catch hold of it while Iam leading him. But 
advise all in Casa Grande to take the precaution to repair the roofs of their houses 
so they will not leak, for when we arrive it will rain violently.” Humming-bird 
delivered the message to the chief of Casa Grande and later brought back the twisted 
rope of human hair. Wind-man and Rain-man had barely started for Casa Grande 
when it began to rain, and for four days the downpour was so great that every roof 
leaked. Morning Green vainly used all his power to stop the rain, but the magic 
availed but little. 
THE BIRTH OF HOK 
Long ago the Sun god sent a messenger on an errand to the settlement now called 
Casa Grande. As this messenger proceeded on his way he occupied himself in kicking 
a stone ball, and on approaching Casa Grande he gave the ball so violent a kick that 
it landed near a maiden who sat on the housetop making pottery. Seeing the object, 
the girl picked it up and hid it under her belt. When the man sought the stone it 
was nowhere to be found; he asked the girl if she knew where it fell, but she would 
not divulge what had become of it. Discouraged in his quest, the man was about to 
return to the Sun god, but the girl urged him not to depart but to search more dili- 
gently for the ball. She also sought forit, but it was no longer under her belt; it had 
disappeared. Later she was with child and in due time gave birth to a girl baby, 
which, instead of feet and hands, had claws like a bear or a mountain lion. As this 
gtrange child grew older and played with other boys and girls she scratched them so 
often with her claws that they were afraid of her, and ran away whenever she appeared. 
The brothers of the girl were hunters of rabbits, but were unsuccessful. When their 
sister grew older she followed them to the hunt and their luck changed, so that thence- 
forth they killed plenty of game. As she matured, however, she outgrew all restraint 
and became a wild woman. She was then called Hok, and developed into a cannibal 
monster, who captured her victims wherever she went and carried them in a basket 
on her back until she wished to devour them.? Hok once met two youths, whom she 
tried to capture, but they ran swiftly away and when she made another attempt they 
blinded her by throwing sand in her eyes. This monster terrorized the whole country 
to such an extent that the ancients sought her life, but in vain. The culture-hero, 
Tcuhu, endeavored to kill Hok. He turned himself into a snake and furnished the 
children with rattles; when Hok approached them they shook these rattles and 
frightened her. Hok first retired to a distant cave in the Santa Catalina Mountains, but 
later went south to Poso Verde. The people living there were also oppressed by Hok 
and desired to kill her. Tcuhu® sent word to his uncle that there was to be a dance at 
Casa Grande and asked him to invite Hok to attend. This was a kind of ceremonial 
dance in which men and women participate, forming a circle and alternating with 
each other. Several invitations were sent to Hok, but she did not accept; at last she 
promised to attend the dance and to be there at sunset. Tcuhu danced and smoked 
with Hok, and the festivities lasted four days and nights. While she was absent the 
1 Ropes were made of human hair up to within a few years by the Pima, who used them on burden- 
baskets (kihus) and for other purposes. 
2The Hopi have a similar bogy, who is personated annually at Walpi in February, at which time she 
threatens to kill all children. She carries a knife in her hands, and has a basket on her back for the heads 
of the victims she declares she will decapitate. 
3 The name Tcuhu is sometimes interchanged with Montezuma as if the two personages were identical. 
