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THK SIA. 



The people saw that the world wa^s large ami the country beautiful, 

 aud when the womeu returned to the village they said to the people: 

 "We are the mothers of all." 



Though the sun lighted the world in the day, he gave no light at 

 night, as he returned to his home in the west; and so the two mothers 

 created the moon from a slightly black stone, many varieties of a yel- 

 low stone, turkis, and a red stoue, that the world might be lighted at 

 night, and that the moon might be a companion and a brother to the 

 sun; but the moon traveled slowly, and did not always furnish light, 

 and so they created the star people and made their eyes of beautiful 

 sparkling white crystal, that they might twinkle aud brighten the world 

 at night. When the star people lived in the lower world they were 

 gathered into grt)ups, which were very beautiful; they were not scat- 



FlG. 13.— C'liikiisb curiosity. 



tered about as they are in the upper world. Again the two womeu 

 entered the chita and decided to make four houses — one in the north, 

 one in the west, one in the south, and one in the east^ — house in tliis 

 instance meaning pueblo or village. When these houses were com- 

 pleted they said, now we have some beautiful houses; w(^ will go first 

 to that of the north and talk nnich for all things good. Now'iitsft said 

 to her sister: "Let us make other good things," and the sister asked: 

 "What things do you wish to make?" She answered: " We are the 

 mothers of all peoples, and we must do good work." "Well," replied 

 the younger sister, "to-morrow 1 will pass around and see my other 

 houses, and you will remain here." 



After tJt'sgt had traveled over the world, visiting the houses of the 

 west, south, and east, she returned to her home in the north and was gra- 

 ciously received by Now'utsfit, who seemed hajtpy to see her younger 



