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with you ; what do you tliink tliat is ?" poiutiug to a figure I'livcloped in 

 a blanket, with only the feet showing, which were crossed. Ft)ur times 

 the question was asked, and each time the younger sister said she could 

 not tell, but finally she added, " I think the feet are crossed; the one 

 ou the right should be left and the left should be right.'' "To whom 

 do the feet- belong?" inquired the elder sister. The younger sister was 

 prompted by her grandmother, Sus'sistinnako', the spider woman, to 

 say, "I do not think it is eitlier man or woman," referring to beings 

 created by Sfis's;stinnako, " but something you have made." The 

 elder sister replied, " You are right, my sister." She threw the blanket 

 oft", exposing a human figure; the younger sister then left, asking the 

 elder to call at her house on the morrow, and all night fjt'set was busy 

 preparing au altar under the direction, however, of Sfis'sistTnenako. 

 She covered the altar with a blanket, and in the morning when the 

 elder sister called they sat together for a while and talked; then tjt's^t 

 said, jtointiug to the covered altar, "What do you think 1 have there?" 

 No'v'utset replied, " I can not tell; I may have my thoughts about it, 

 but I do not know." Four times Now'fitsgt was asked, and each time 

 sh«i gave the same reply. Then the younger sister threw ofl' the blanket, 

 and they both looked at the altar, but neither spoke a word. 



When the elder sister left, she said to fJt'set, "To- morrow jou come 

 to my house," and all night she was busy arranging things for the morn- 

 ing, and in the morning Crt'set hastened to her sister's house. (She was 

 accompanied by Sus'sistinnako, who followed invisible close to her ear.) 

 Now'utset asked, " What have I there?" pointing to a covered object, 

 and iJt'set replied, " I can not tell, but I have thought that you have 

 under that blanket all things that are necessary for all time to come; 

 perhaps I speak wrong." "No," replied Now'ntset," you speak cor- 

 rectly," and she threw off the blanket, saying, " My sister, I may be 

 the larger and the first, but your head and heart are wise; you know 

 much; I think my head must be weak." The younger sister then said: 

 " To-morrow yoii come to my house ;" and in the morning when the elder 

 sister called at the house of the younger she was received in the front 

 room and asked to be seated, and they talked awhile ; then the younger 

 one said: "What do you think I have in the room there?'' pointing to 

 the door of an inner room. Four times the ([uestion was asked and 

 each time Now'nts6t replied, " I can not tell." "Come with me," said 

 tJt'set, and she cried as she threw open the door. "All this is mine, 

 when you have looked well we will go away." Tiie room was filled 

 with the Ka"suna beings with monster, heads which tJt's6thad created, 

 under the direction of Sus'sistinnako. 



Siis'sistiunako's creation may be classed in three divisions: 

 1. Pai'-ii-tii-mo: All men of Ha'arts (the earth), the sun, moon, stars, 

 Ko'-shai-ri and Quer'-rau-na. 



' Sfts'aistinnalio is referred to hoth as father and inotlier, lie bein^' llie parent of .ill, and some- 

 limes as grandmother or the first parent. 



