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enlightened. Such was his better side. He was said to be the father of .several 

 children, but the writer knew of but one child of whom he was regarded as cer- 

 tainly being the father. The other ko^thlama, who was one of the richest men 

 of the village, allied himself to a man during one of the visits of the writer to 

 Zuiii, and to the time of her departure from Zuhi in 1897 this couple were living 

 together, and they were two of the hardest workers in the pueblo and among the most 

 prosperous. The third and fourth assumed woman's attire during the absence of the 

 writer. The fifth, a grandson on the maternal side of Nai'uchi, elder brother 

 Bow priest, donned the dress during the visit of the writer to Zuni in 1896. The 

 mother and grandmother were quite willing that the boy should continue in the 

 work in which he seemed interested, but the grandfather, who was nmch disgusted, 

 endeavored to shame him out of his determination to follow woman's work. He did 

 not, however, attempt any authority in the matter, and on the boy's reaching man- 

 hood the trousers were replaced by woman's attire. There is a side to the lives of 

 these men which must remain untold. They never marry women, and it is under- 

 stood that they seldom have any relations with them. 



At night, after the third day's battle, both parties fell ])ack, as usual, 

 and the A'shiwi danced and prayed. The rain continued to fall, and 

 on the fourth niornino- moisture so afi'ected the bowstrings of the 

 enemy that they failed in most of their shots. 



After many prayers and songs addressed by Kow'wituma to the Sun 

 Father, the knowledge came to him that Ku'3 apali*sa carried her heart 

 in her rattle. He aimed his arrow and, piercing the rattle, Ku'yapa- 

 li'sa fell dead. Her death caused a panic among her people, who 

 retreated to their village, closely pursued by the A'shiwi; these cap- 

 tured the village and released the three gods, who returned to Ko'th- 

 luwala'wa. Another version says that U'yuyewi sent his younger 

 brother to the Sun Father to solicit aid, and to learn how the heart of 

 Ku'3'apiili*sa might be reached; whereupon the Sun Father provided 

 Ma*sai'lema, the younger God of War, with two turquois rabbit sticks, 

 telling him to give one to his yoimger brother. On returning to battle, 

 the elder brother threw his stick, but missed the rattle. Then Ma'sai'- 

 lema threw his stick, which struck the rattle, and Ku'yapali'sa fell 

 dead. The Kia'nakwe in desperate fear jumped into the waters of the 

 black rocks, which Kow'wituma at once covered with stone slabs that 

 the eneni}" might not return to the earth. Their ghost selves went to 

 Ko'thluwala'wa. But two escaped this tragic death, a youth and a 

 maiden, brother and sister, who hid in a cave in the rocks below the 

 village. 



After the A'shiwi captured the village they opened the gates of the 

 corral in which all game was kept b}^ the *(yha'kwena (keeper of game) 

 and said to the game: "We have opened for 3^ou the doors of the 

 world; now 3'ou may roam where you will, about the good grass and 

 springs, and find good places to bear your young; 3^ou will no longer 

 be imprisoned within the walls, but have the whole world l)efore you." 

 Since that time same has roamed over the face of the earth. 



