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they saw on Po'shaiyanne's table, and all wlio could went to his table 

 in preference to sitting before the ti'amoni's. Even the water upon 

 Po'shaiyiiune's table was far better than that furnished by the ti'iimoni ; 

 and those who drank of this water and ate Po'shaiyanne's food imme- 

 diately became changed, their skins becoming whiter than before; but 

 all could not eat from Po'shaiyanne's bo.ard and many had to take the 

 food of the tfiimoni, and they remained in appearance as before. 



After this feast, Po'shaiyanne visited all the pueblos and then passed 

 on to Chihuahua in Mexico. Before Po'shaiyanne left the Sia, he said 

 to them: "I leave you, biat another day I will return to yon, for this 

 village is mine for all time, and 1 will return first to this village." To 

 the ti'amoni he said: "Father, you are a ti'iimoni, audi also am one; we 

 are as brothers. All the people, the men, the women, and the children 

 are mine, and they are yours; and I will return to them again. Watch 

 for me. I will return ; " and he added, " In a short time another people 

 will come; but before that time, such time as you may choose, I wish 

 you to leave this village, for my heart is here and it is not well for an- 

 other people to come here; therefore depart from this village before 

 they come near." 



Upon entering the plaza in Chihuahua Po'shaiyanne met the great 

 chief, who invited him to his home, where he became acquainted with 

 his daughter. She was very beautiful, and Po'shaiyanne told the 

 chief that he was much pleased with his daughter and wished to make 

 her his wife. The chief replied : " If you desire to marry my daughter 

 and she wishes to marry you, it is well." Upon the father questioning 

 the daughter the girl replied in the affirmative. Then the father and 

 mother talked much to the daughter and said: "To-morrow you will 

 be married." The chief sent one of his oflicials to let it be known to all 

 the people that Po'shaiyanne and his daughter were to be united in mar- 

 riage in the morning, and many assembled, and there was a great feast 

 in the house of the chief. Many men were pleased with the chief's 

 daughter, and looked with envy upon Po'shaiyiiune; and they talked 

 together of killing him, and finally warriors came to the house of 

 Po'shaiyanne and carried him off to their camp and pierced his heart 

 with a spear, and his enemies were contented, but the wife and her 

 father were sad. The day after Po'shaiyiiune's death he returned to 

 his wife's home, and when he was seen alive those who had tried to 

 destroy him were not only angry but much alarmed; and again he was 

 captured, and they bound gold and silver to his feet, that after casting 

 him into the lake his body should not rise; but a white flufl'y feather 

 of the eagle fell to him, and as he touched the feather the feather rose, 

 and Po'shaiyiiune with it, and he lived again, and he still lives, and some 

 time he will come to us. So say the Sia. Po'shaiyiinne's name is held 

 in the greatest reverence; in fact, he Is regarded as their culture hero^, 



* The culture hero of the Sia hears a name Biniilar to that of the corresponding prodigy among the 

 Zu&i. The same is true of other of their mythological beinga. 



