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HISTORY MYTH 79 



They came to dragon-fly place. 



They came to flower place. 



They came to the place of trees with drooping limbs. 



The}^ came to flsh spring. 



They came to 3^oung-s(iuash spring. 



They came to listening spring.^' 



Onr great father old dance man; our great mother old dance 



woman. '^ 

 Thev possess much knowledge; they finished the rivers.'' 

 They possess much knowledge; they made Ko'thluwala'wa moun- 

 tain. 

 Elder hrother. All wish our great fathers, the 'Kia'ettowe, Chn'ettowe, 



Mu'ettowe, *Hle'ettowe (rain and crop fetishes.) 

 Narrator. They passed between the mountains.'' It is far to the Mid- 

 dle of the world. 



Pa'si'' shi'na' kwi a'vvikia. U'teyan in'kwi a'wikia. 



Dragonfly name place come to. Flower place come to. 



Ta'piliyanku kwi a'wikia. Kjish'ita 'kiai'akwi a'wikia. 



Trees with droop- place come to. Fish spring place come to. 



ing limbs 



Mo'liin'' *kiai'akwi a'wikia. Ha'tin" *kiai'akwi a'wikia. 



Young squash spring come to. Listen spring come to. 



Ho'nawa a'wan ta'Vhu hona'wa a'wan 'si'ta. 



Our great father, our great mother. 



Yarn ilnikwa nan'nakkia. 



They know many things. 



A'chi *kiap'ya4ilanne ya'kiakia; yam anikwa nan'nakkia. 



The two, rivers made; they know many things. 



A'chi Ko'thluwala yal'liinne an'ninndvia. 



The two Ko'thluwala'wa mountain made. 



Elder hrotJier: 



Tem'ta'i hona'wa a'wan a'taV-hu i'likiana 'kia'ettowe. 



All want our great fathers have rain and crop 



fetishes, 



chu'ettowe, mu'ettowe, 'hle'ttowe. 



rain and crop rain and crop rain and crop 



fetishes, fetishes, fetishes. 



Na7'rate)r: 



KiaHa a'wimpikwaiikia kwai'ikia. La'lekho^li i'tiwanna. 



Come passed between, come out. There where middle. 



a Hil'tin means to listen, to hear, and is the name for the waters of Ko'thluwala'wa. The expres- 

 sion has reference to the hearing of voices in the depths of the water- 



b The two original ancestral gods (see p. 33). 



cThe brother makes the beds of the rivers (Zuiii and Little Colorado) by drawing his foot through 

 the sands, and the sister follows in the path (see i>. 31.'). 



('References to the Ot'towe lieing carried by the A'sliiwanni between Kor'kokshi and Ko'yemshi 

 mountains, which are near Ko'thluwala'wa, as the A'shiwi i)roceed in their <iuest for the Middle 

 place. 



ePii'si is archaic for shu'makolowa (plural shu'makolowe), dragon tiy, one of the rain symbols of 

 the A'shivT!. 



/This spring is associated with the Ko'yemshi gods (.see p. 33). 



