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mentary evidence that some of the pueblos now in ruins along the 
Little Colorado, due south of Walpi, were inhabited until near the 
close of the seventeenth century, but they were not all abandoned at 
the same time. Some of the clans went northward to the Hopi pueblos, 
others eastward to Zuni. Among the first groups to migrate north- 
ward was the Patun (Squash), which may have been accompanied by the 
Lenya or Flute. The former settled at the Middle mesa and Awatobi, 
the latter were later joined by the Ala at Lefiyanobi. As there were 
Patun clans in Awatobi, which was destroyed in 1700, this migration 
must have taken place before that year. 
The Patki group left Homolobi somewhat later, for it is said that 
they did not go to Awatobi, but as there were Piba clans in Awatobi, 
the Piba arrived in Tusayan before the destruction of the pueblo of 
the Bow people. It may have been that Pakatcomo, the Patki settle- 
ment in Tusayan, was founded before Awatobi fell, but the evidence 
seems to be contrary to such conclusion. 
Parun CLANS 
Among the first clans to migrate from the pueblos of the Little 
Colorado in quest of homes in northern Tusayan of which information 
has been gathered through legends were the Patun or Squash clans. 
They originally lived on the Little Colorado, southwest of the present 
Hopi pueblos, and were accompanied by the Atoko (Crane) and 
Kele (Pigeon-hawk) clans. They made a settlement at Teukubi, on 
the Middle mesa, which was afterward abandoned, the inhabitants 
removing to another pueblo of Squash clans, Old Mishongnovi. Some 
of the Squash clans went to Awatobi and others eventually to Walpi. 
The Squash clans which went to the East mesa are now extinct, so 
that it has not been possible to investigate their legends, but ample 
material for this study is still extant at the Middle mesa villages. 
In their life along the Little Colorado the Squash clans came in con- 
tact with many others, some of which followed them in their northward 
migration. There is reason to believe that among those they met were 
the Lenya clans, which may have preceded them in the journey. 
There are several reasons for associating the Lefiya with southern 
clans. In the Oraibi Flute altar the main image is a figurine with a 
single horn on the head resembling the pointed helmet worn only by 
the Kwakwantti, a society of the Patki clan, the southern origin of which 
is unquestionable. In most of the Flute altars there are two mounds 
of sand (talactcomo, ** pollen mound”) in which artificial flowers are 
inserted. The construction of similar flower mounds (athya sitcomov?) in 
the Underworld is mentioned in Piba and Patui legends of the origin 
of their Tataukyamai, Wiiwiitcimtn, and Mamzrautii societies. The 
Patun legends contain much about the cult of Alosaka (a germ god),’ 

LAlosaka is really another name for Muyinwa, the germ god, 
