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found himself by the side of his elder brother, and, passing through 

 the doorway, the boys tumbled over and over into a lower world. 



When Ma'asewe reached this new world he was unconscious from 

 the fall, but after a time he revived sufficiently to sit uj), when he 

 beheld U'yuuyewe tumbling down, and he fell by the side of Ma'asewe, 

 who was almost dead, and Ma'asewe said, "Younger brother, why did 

 you follow mel" After a while U'yuuyewg was able to sit up and 

 Ma'asewe remarked: "Younger brother, 1 think we are in another 

 world. 1 do not know where we are, and I do not know what hour it 

 is. I guess it is about the middle of the day. What do you think?" 

 U'yuuyewe replied, "You know best, elder brother; whatever you think 

 is right," and Ma'asewe said, "All right. Let us go now over the road 

 to the house where the sun enters in the evening, for I think this is the 

 world where our father, the sun, returns at night." 



A little after the middle of the day Ma'asewe was walking ahead of 

 U'yuuyewg, who was following close behind, and he said to his younger 

 brother as he listened to some noise, " I believe we are coming to a 

 village." When they drew a little nearer they heard a drum, and 

 supposed a feast was going on in the plaza, and in a little while they 

 came in sight of the village and saw that there was a great feast there. 

 All the people were gathered in the plaza. The chi'ta was a little way 

 from the village and there was no one in it, as the boys discovered 

 when they approached it, and they ascended the ladder. Ma'asewe 

 said, "This is the chi'ta. Let us enter." The mode of entering shows 

 this chi'ta to have been built above ground. Upon invading the chi'ta 

 they found it very large and very pretty, and there were many tine bows 

 and arrows hanging on the walls. They took the bows and examining 

 them said to one another, "What fine bows and arrows! They are all 

 fine. Look," and they were eager to possess them. Ma'asewe proposed 

 that they should each take a bow and arrows and hurrj^ away, saying: 

 "All the people are in the plaza looking at the dance, and no one will 

 see us;" and they hastened from the chi'ta with their treasures. Ma'a- 

 sewe said, "Younger brother, let us return over the road whence we 

 came." 



But a short time elapsed when a man had occasion to visit the chi'ta, 

 and he at once discovered footprints, and entering, found that bows 

 and arrows had been stolen; hurrying to the plaza he informed the 

 people of the theft, saying, "Two men have entered the chi'ta. I saw 

 their footprints," and the people cried out, "Let us follow them," and 

 ran over the road which the boys had taken. The boys had nearly 

 reached the point where they had lighted when they entered this lower 

 world when the people were close upon tbem. 



The little fellows had to run hard, but they held fast to their bows . 

 and arrows, and just as they stepped upon the spot where they had 

 fallen when they descended, their pursuers being close upon them, a 

 whiilwind carried them up and through the door and back into the 



