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the part of k'a''tsina. The war chiefs met them and made them 

 welcome. They told the people about the wrong done the k'a''tsina, 

 and how they must be respected now. The k'a''tsma danced all day 

 and at simset returned to Wenimats'. 



But the people could not agree among themselves; some thought 

 it unwise to impersonate these spirit beings, others thought it neces- 

 sary. Dissension spread in the village. Little bands detached them- 

 selves from the main body and migrated in various directions. (This 

 implicitly accounts for the northern pueblos.) Many, however, 

 stayed behind and followed the advice of Masewi. It was during 

 these days of discord, too, that latik" caused the people to speak dif- 

 ferent languages so that they could not cjuarrel -with each other. 



After a time Masewi and his followers migrated to Wacpaceka, 

 where they lived a long time. There was stUl discord among them 

 concerning the k'a"'tsina. 



Now Masewi had two eggs, one a paiTot egg, the other a crow egg. 

 One was blue and the other was white, but no one knew which was 

 the parrot's egg. They decided to go to the south, where lay a place 

 called A'ko. They wished to go there and raise parrots. So they 

 set out. In their wandermgs they would pause at various mesas, 

 thinking perhaps that they had found A'ko. Masewi would call out 

 in a loud voice " Aaaakoooo-o-o ! " If the echo sounded favorable 

 they would settle there for a time to make sure. But if the echo 

 was not "good" they would pass on. 



On their wanderings they stopped for a time at Dyup'tsiyam, but 

 it was too small to raise parrots, so they moved on. They also 

 stopped at Guicti and at Tsiama. But always, when they moved, 

 they traveled toward the south. As they passed K'atsi*'m° (Mesa 

 Encantada) some of them paused and made their homes there; the 

 others followed Masewi southward. When they came to the east 

 point of Acoma, Masewi called out " A-a-a-ko-o-o-o ! " and received a 

 perfect echo. "This is Ako," he announced. Then he held up the 

 two eggs, the blue and the white egg. The people divided themselves, 

 some preferring the blue egg, others the white one, but both parties 

 were, of course, trying to select the parrot egg. Most of the people 

 chose the blue egg, so Masewi threw it against the cliff. Swarms of 

 crows flew out. Those who had chosen this egg were sadly disap- 

 pointed, but they had agreed to remain at Ako. Those who had 

 chosen the white egg went on farther south, carrying the egg with 

 them. (And my informant said that he had been told by some of 

 the old men that far to the south were a people that spoke a language 

 almost like that of the Acomas. He thought those must have been 

 the people who went south -wdth the white egg.) 



Now there were many snakes and ants on top of the mesa at A'ko, 

 so the people settled at the foot at the east point, which was called 



