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reached the antelope, Ma'asewe cut the breast with his stone knife, 

 passing the knife from the throat downwards. The boys then flayed 

 the antelope; Ma'asewe cut the heart and the flesh into bits, throwing 

 the pieces to the north, west, south, and east, declaring that hereafter 

 the antelope should not be an enemy to his people, saying, "His flesh 

 shall furnish food for my people. " Addressing the antelope he com- 

 manded, "From this time forth you will eat only vegetation and not 

 flesh, for my people are to have your flesh for food. " He then said to 

 the mole, "The intestines of the antelope will be food for you," and the 

 mole was much pleased, and promptly replied, "Thank you; thank 

 you, boys." 



The boys now returned to their home and their mother, who, on 

 meeting them, inquired, "Where have you been? You have been gone 

 a long time ; I thought you were dead ; where have you been !" Ma'asewe 

 answered, " We have been to the house of the antelope who eats people." 

 The mother said, " You are very disobedient boys." Ma'asewe con- 

 tinued, "We have killed the antelope, and now all the giants who 

 devoured our people are destroyed, and all the people of the villages 

 will be happy, and the times will be good." 



After Ma'asewe and U'jiruyewg had destroyed the giant enemies of 

 the world the i^eople were happy and were not afraid to travel about ; 

 even the little children could go anywhere over the earth, and there 

 was continual feasting and rejoicing among all the villages. 



The Oraibi held a great feast (at that time the Oraibi did not live 

 in their present pueblo); Ma'asewe and U'yuuyew6 desired to attend 

 the feast, and telling their mother of their wish, she consented to tbeir 

 going. When they were near the village ot the Oraibi they discovered 

 the home of tlie bee, and Ma'asewe said, " See, brother, the house of 

 the bee; let us go in; I guess there is much honey." They found a 

 large comb full of honey, and Ma'asewe proposed to his brother that 

 they cover their whole bodies with the honey, so that the Oraibi would 

 not know them and would take them for poor, dirty boys; "for, as we 

 now are, all the world knows us, and to-day let us be unknown." "All 

 right!" said U'yuuyewe, and they smeared themselves with honey. 

 "Now," said the boys, "we are ready for the feast. It will be good, for 

 the Oraibi are very good people." Upon visiting the plaza they found 

 a large gathering, and the housetops were crowded with those looking 

 at the dance. The boys, who approached the plaza from a narrow 

 street in the village, stood for a time at the entrance. Ma'asewe 

 remarked, " I guess all the people are looking at us and thinking we 

 are very poor boys; see how they pass back and forth and do not speak 

 to us;" but after awhile he said, "We are a little hungry; let us walk 

 around and see where we can find something to eat." They looked in 

 all the houses facing upon the plaza and saw feasting within, but no 

 one invited them to enter and eat, and though they inspected every 

 house in the village, they were invited into but one. At this house 

 the woman said, "Boys, come in and eat; I guess you are hungry." 



