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sky, and some giants who roamed the country, carrymg off stragglers 

 to their moimtain homes, where they were eaten. (See the stories of 

 Kasewat, the great hero of this time, and his encounters with these 

 monsters. ) 



At certain tunes the war chief would have the medicine men piu'ge 

 the village of sickness. And they would have rabbit hunts at various 

 times, usually before some ceremony, to provide meat for the feasts. 



For his heroic exploits Kasewat was made war chief. The old 

 war chief, the father of his wife, died without leaving sons, so Kasewat 

 was made chief. Shortly after assuming the office Kasewat caused 

 the medicine men to ascend the mesa and remove all the snakes and 

 ants. They were planning to move on top of the rock, as it bad 

 become dangerous to live at the foot. So the medicine men brought 

 the snakes down and turned them loose. 



After a council they moved up on top of the mesa. There were 

 some, though, who did not wish to go, so they left and journeyed 

 southward. Before making the ascent, however, thej^ examined the 

 rock carefully to ascertain the sources of water, trails, etc. ^Tien 

 the}' had moved they built homes of stone and of adobe. Some were 

 three stories high. At this tune there were some old people left who 

 had witnessed the fight with the k'a^'tsina at Kacikatcutia. They 

 wished to reenact that episode, partly to teach the others what had 

 happened and also to impress upon everyone the sacredness of aU 

 matters pertaming to k'a''tsina. So after long dehberation they 

 decided to reenact tliis fight. (See page 88 for accounts of this 

 ceremony.) 



Origin and Emergence '' 



The fu'st supernatural being was Utc'tstti (male). Then there 

 were two sisters, Nau'tsitt and la'tik". Utc'tstti told themin a dream 

 that the people were under the earth. The two sisters wanted to 

 dig for them. They got the gopher to dig for them. The gopher 

 dug down and reached the people, and the two sisters told them to 

 come out. They crawled out. They were very small, like babies; 

 their eyes were shut. The sun had not come up yet. The sisters 

 made the people face the east. When the sim came up all their 

 eyes opened. This was at Shipap'. 



One night Utc'tsttt gave the two sisters all kinds of fruits, vege- 

 tables, game, sheep, etc.^' It was aU in a basket. There was a book 

 in the basket. When the sisters woke up in the morning they foimd 



*' This version, I suspect, is one that was told at Laguna, or Zia, perhaps. I do not believe it is common 

 at Aeoma, for other informants did not know about it. But Utctsiti andNautsiti are mentioned in myths 

 collected at Laguna by Professor Boas: Naotsete and Uretsete are mentioned by Dumarest (p. 212, Notes 

 on Cochiti, N. Mex.). Mrs. Stevenson speaks of Utset at Zia. The reference to the book, of course, 

 indicates that some recent myth maker has had his hand in it. 



" This informant, and indeed others, believe that the Pueblo Indians have always had sheep. 



