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Elder Brother told his army to capture Vulture alive. ' 'How can 



we identify him? We di) not know him," said they. Elder Brother 

 told them to capture tlie warrior with white legorintrs; they were 

 the distinguishinor mark of Vulture. They obeyed and brought the 

 defeated leader to Elder Brother, who scalped him; this accounts 

 for the naked head of the vulture of to-day. 



Moving on to Gila Crossing, Elder Brother and his party sang: 



I am the magician who with the sacrcU pipe 



Of Tcu-inaitsal increase my magic power. 

 I am the magician of tlie downy feathers. 



With the sootliing sacred pipe 

 I l)ring sleep upon my enemy. 



In the battle which ensued Tcu-unarsat Si'van>' was defeated, 

 whereon the victors proceeded to Mesa; and before the pueblo of 

 A'-an Ili'tupaki Si'van>' they sang: 



The small Blue Eagle alights; 



The small Blue Eagle alights. 

 After emerging from the middle of I he land. 



To and fro he moves before me 

 As my staff already has foretold. 



After caj)turing tiiis pueblo the coiuiuerors moved against the 

 Vi'-iki-ial Ma'kai .Si'van'' near Tempe, singing: 



Look for him! Look for him! 



Poor distracted enemy; take him! 

 Poor fear-slricken enemy: take him! 



They then proceeded westward against other j)ueblos, whicli tiiey 

 destroyed, and afterwards rettirned to take j)ossession of the Gila 

 valley. 



While the war raged along the Gila .some of the inhabitants of the 

 Salt River pueblos sought safety in flight toward the Colorailo. Tliey 

 descended that stream to the Gulf of California, the east coast of which 

 they followed for some distance, then turned eastward and finally 

 northeastward, where they settled, and their descendants are the Rio 

 Grande pueblo tribes of to-day. 



Ka'kanyip married Kold Ila-akam, the daughter of Kak Si'sivellkl, 

 and hved with his father-in-law in the Salt River valley near where 

 Phoenix now stands. There his mie became pregnant and would eat 

 notliing but green plants and game found in the mountains. So one 

 day Ka'kanylj) went to the mountains to search for provisions for his 

 wife. He killed a deer which it took him some time to dress. In the 

 meantime the A]>aches surrounded him. lie fought bravely, but tliey 

 succeeded in killing him. His fatlier-in-law awaited his coming dur- 

 ing the evening and through the night ; then he called the f)eo]ile 

 together and told them that his .son-in-law had disa|)j)eared. All 

 searched until liis body was found. This they burned to a.shes before 



