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represent herself that they might have herself always with them and 

 know her always. Again T^t'sf-t said: '' Wlien yon wish for anything 

 make hii'ehamoni and plant them, and they will bear your messages 

 to your mother in the world below." 



Befoie fit'set left this world she selected six Sia women, sending one 

 to the north, one to the west, one to the south, one to the east, one to 

 the zenith, and one to the nadir, to make their homes at these points 

 for all time to come, that they might be near the cloud rulers of the 

 cardinal points and intercede for the people of Ha'arts; and Ot'set en- 

 joined her people to remember to ask these women, in times of need, to 

 appeal to the cloud people for them. 



The Sia alone followed tlie command of tJt's6t and took the straight 

 road, while all other pueblos advanced by various routes to the center 

 of the earth. After tTt'set's departure the Sia traveled some distance 

 and built a village of beautiful white stone, where they lived four 

 ■ years (years referring to time periods). The Sia declare that their 

 stay at the white house was of long duration. Here parents suffered 

 great distress at the hand of the tiiimoni, who, objecting to the increase 

 of his people, for a time caused all children to be put to death. The 

 Sia had scarcely recovered from this calamity when a serious difficulty 

 arose between the inen and women. Many women sat grinding meal 

 and singing; they had worked hard all day, and at sundown, when the 

 men returned to the houses, the women began abusing them, saying: 

 " You are no good ; you do not care to work ; yon wish to be with women 

 all the time. If you would allow four days to pass between, the women 

 would care more for you." The nu^n replied: "You women care to be 

 with us all day and all night; if you women could have the men only 

 every four days you would be very unhappy." The women retorted: 

 "It is you men who would be unhappy if you could be with the women 

 only every four days." 



And the men and women grew very angry with one another. The 

 men cried: "Were it ten days, twenty days, thirty days, we could re- 

 main apart from you and not be unhappy." The women replied : " We 

 think not, but we women would be very contented to remain away 

 from you men for sixty days." And the men said: "We men would 

 be happy to remain apart from you women for five moons." The women, 

 growing more excited, cried: "You do not speak the truth; we women 

 woidd be contented to be separated from you ten moons." The men 

 retorted: "We men could remain away from you women twenty moons 

 and be very happy." "You do not speak the truth," said the women, 

 "for you wish to be with us all the time, day and night." 



Three days they quarreled and on the fourth d.iy the women sepa- 

 rated from the men, going on one side of the pueblo, the men and boys 

 gathering on the other side. All the women went into one chi-ta, the 

 men into another. The women had a great talk and the men held a 

 council. The men aiid women were very angry with one another. 



