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He knew that they would defeat him, yet he struggjled bravely to 

 save his people and at the last to save liiniself. lie first took some 

 soot from iiis chimney, powdered it in tlie palm of iiis hand, blew it 

 into the air, and darkness immediately fell so dense that Elder Brother's 

 warriors could see nothing. Tco'tcftk Ta'tai Si'van>' then threw down 

 his dwelling and made his way through the midst of his enemies. 

 But the god of darkness dispelled the night and the escaping leader 

 was seen in the distance. Elder Brother's warriors succeeded in 

 getting ahead of him and were about to surround and kill him when 

 he wiped the tears from his eyes and ])lew the drops among the men 

 about him. This produced a mirage which concealed him from ^^ew. 

 But the god of the mirage caused the veil to lift and again he was seen 

 fleeing in the distance. Again Tco'tctik Ta'tai Si'van^ was headed 

 and in danger; but this time he t(iok out his reed cigarette and blew 

 pufi's of smoke, which settled down upon his pursuers like a heav-y 

 fog tlirough which he continued his flight. The god of the fog drove 

 it into tlie sky and he was seen escaping. He now realized that he 

 had but one more chance for liis life. When the fog had formed 

 clouds in the skj^ he took liis belt and threw it upward and climbed 

 up and laid himself against the clouds as a rainbow. It was impo-ssi- 

 bie for the god of the rainbow unaided to bring him down; he made 

 several unsuccessful attempts before he hit upon the expedient of 

 making some spiders which he sent after the rainbow. They formed 

 a web over the bow and Ijrought it to tlie earth and destruction. 



Elder Brother's warriors were so astonished at the prowess of 

 Tco'tcilk Ta'tai Si'van*' that they thought he must have a strange 

 heart, so they cut it open to see and, sure enough, they found within 

 it a round green stone about the size of a bullet. The stone is kept 

 to this day in a medicine basket whicli they captured with his grand- 

 son. Before he had undertaken his (light he had told the boy, 

 Ka'kanyip, to go with his basket and hide under a bush ; after the 

 grandfatlier should be killed the lad should come, touch him, and 

 swallow the odor of the body and he would ac(iuire the power of 

 the Si'van* . But a warrior named S hohany discovered the little 

 Ka'kanyip and after a time sold him to the Papago chief, Kak 

 Si'siveliki, Two-Whirlwinds. The box is yet kept by the Papagos 

 living 30 miles south of Gila Bend. If it is disturbed a severe storm 

 is produced and cold weather prevails in Pima Land. 



After capturing tlie pueblo at Sweetwater and destroying its chief 

 the invaders moved against Vidture's puelilo, (i miles west of where 

 they fought the last battle. 



The J' then sang: 



Chilli i.f the Raven! Child of tlu- Raven! 



You of the dazzling power. 

 See my magic power shining like the mirage. 



