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ascended to their Sun Father over a road of meal, which thcv niaih- 

 by throwing- the meal upward. 



The Sun Father, wishing- to bring his children from the undermost 

 world to his presence, provided each of the Divine Ones with an a'mito- 

 lan pi"Hanne (rain])ow), wil'lolonanne sho'liwe (lightning arrows), aiul 

 a *kia'alanne (cloud shield), and directed them to go to the undermost 

 Avorld and bring his children to his presence. They rent the earth 

 with their lightning arrows and descended into A'witrMi tc'hula (fourth 

 world). « 



When the A'shiwi in(piired of the Divine Ones '-WIh) arc vou ^ 

 Whence did you come?" they replied " A'chi ana pi'akoa" C-The two 

 come down""). 



The undermost world was so dark that the people eouM not sec one 

 another, and they trod upon one another's toes. Their houses were 

 but holes in the earth, and their food was seed grass. In order to see 

 the people Kow'wituma laid diy grass upon the ground and placed his 

 bow on the grass, and b}^ rubl)ing his arrow, with a rotary motion, upon 

 the bow he produced lire, and lighted the gfrass, using it as a torch t<» 

 carr}^ about among the people. Many could not look on the lire, for 

 their eyes were not g-ood for light, while others fell back crazed with 

 fear. Kow'wituma said: "You have but few people." The elder ones 

 replied "We have man} ,'"' and they called those who were absent. 



The Divine Ones, throwing out a lijie of meal, produced light, which 

 guided them to the north, where they cut an a'shekia (pine tree of the 

 north, Pinus ponderosa var. scapulorum) with stone knives, and return- 

 ing, planted it for the people to ascend to the third world. A'wisho 

 te'hula (water-moss world). Here the Divine On(>s threw out meal to 

 the west, which produced light to guide them thither: and there they 

 cut a kia'lii^silo (spruce of the west, Pseudotsuga douglassii). and 

 returning, the}- planted it for the people to ascend to the second 

 world, Pa'nanula te'hula (mud world). Here the Divine Ones, leil by 

 the line of meal which they threw out, went to the south and cut a 

 *hlan'ilkoha (aspen of the south, the quaking aspen, Populus trenm- 

 loides) and returning, they planted it for tiie people to ascend to the 

 first world, La'tow'te'hula (wing w-orld: from yii'tokia la'towwe, sun's 

 wings, the ra3's of the sun being referred to as wings). It was in this 

 world that the A'shiwi first saw the faintest lightof day ; hence the name. 

 Throwing out a line of meal to the east, the Divine Ones visited this 

 direction, where they cut a lo'kwimo (spruce of the east, silver spruce, 

 Picea pungens), and returning, they planted it for the people to ascend 



«Te'hula refers only to underworlds. Uhl'onannC is the term for the outer world, or this world. 

 The undermost world bears several other names: An'nociyiiM te'hula (world of utter darkness. 

 blacknessof-.soot world); Lu'hote kla'plnna: lu'hote (line earth or dusi): kl:i'plniia (unc(x.kcd. not 

 hardened by fire). 



