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on the bow and knew them to be his children. He always kept watch 

 over them, and when they drew near the father said, " My children, I 

 am very happy to see you. Yon have destroyed all the giants of the 

 earth who ate my people, and I am contented that they are no more; 

 and it was well yon converted the people of the two villages into stone. 

 They were not good people." Then Ma'asewe said: "Father, listen to 

 me while I speak. We wish yon to tell ns where to go.'' "Yes," said 

 the father, "I will; I know where it is best for you to make your home. 

 Now, all the people of the earth are good and will be good from this 

 time forth (referring to the destruction of the Sia by the cannibals). I 

 think it will be well for you to make your home there high above the 

 earth," pointing to the Sandia mountain, "and not return to the people 

 of the earth." " All right, my father," replied Ma'asewe; " we are con- 

 tented and happy to do as you say." 



Before leaving their people Ma'asewe organized the ctilt societies of 

 the up])er world. These tiny heroes then made their home in the Sandia 

 mountain, where they have since remained, traveling, as before, on the 

 rainbow. 



The diminutive footprints of theso boys are to be seen at the en- 

 trance of their house (the crater of the mountain) by the good of heart, 

 but such privilege is afforded only to the ti'amoni and certain theurg- 

 ists, they alone having perfect hearts; and they claim that on looking 

 through the door down into the house they have seen melons, corn, and 

 other things which had been freshly gathered. 



After the expiration of four years the ti'amoni desired to travel on 

 toward the center of the earth, but before they had gone far they found, 

 to their dismay, that the waters began to rise as in the lower world, 

 and the whole earth became one vast river. The waters reached nearly 

 to the edge of the mesa, which they ascended tor safety. The ti'amoni 

 made many oiferings of plumes and other precious articles to propitiate 

 the flood, but this did not stay the angry waters, and so he dressed a 

 youth and maiden in their best blankets, and adorned them with many 

 precious beeds and cast them from the mesa top ; and immediately the 

 waters began to recede. When the earth was again visible it was very 

 soft, so that when the animals went from the mesa they would sink to 

 their shoulders. The earth was angry. The ti'amoni called the Ka'- 

 pina Society together and said, "I think you know how to make the 

 earth solid, so we can pass over it," and the theurgist of that order re- 

 plied, "I think I know." The same means was used as on the previous 

 occasion to harden the earth. The theurgist of the Ka'pina returning 

 said, "Father. I have been working all over the earth and it is now 

 hardened." "That is well," said the ti'amoni, "I am content. In four 

 days we will travel toward the center of the earth." 



During the journey of the Sia from the white-house in the north they 

 built many villages. Those villages were close together, as the Sia did 

 not wish to travel far at any one time. Finally, having concluded they 

 had about reached the center of the earth, they determined to build a 



