152 THE ACOMA INDIANS [eth. ann. 47 



but the toad would not move. Then he asked him to move to the east, 

 but the toad sat motionless. Then humming bird asked the toad to 

 stand up, but the toad would not stand up. Then humming bird 

 asked the toad to open his month. The toad opened wide his mouth 

 and the humming bird flew in and right on through him, down the 

 hole. When he got to the bottom of the hole, he went to the west to 

 Flower Mound, where he found Masewi and Oyoyewi. 



"Guatzi, Masewi!" greeted the humming bird. 



"Dawai, Miitc"," replied Masewi. 



"I am looking for you," the l)ird said; "latik's medicine bowl has 

 dried up." 



"\Miat's the matter?" asked Masewi. "Can't latik bring the 

 water and make it rain?" 



"No." 



Then the humming bird asked Masewi when he and his brother were 

 going to return. Now, the brothers, being great hotceni (chiefs), 

 spoke a language that differed somewhat from the language of the 

 common people at Kacikatcutia. So when Masewi told the humming 

 bird that they would return in four years, the bird misunderstood him 

 and thought he had said four days. Then they fed the hiunming 

 bird, for they had plenty to eat. 



The next day the humming bird set out for Kacikatcutia. When 

 he got to the top of the hole he called out to the horned toad, "Open 

 your mouth!" The toad did as he was told and the humming bird 

 again flew through him and went back to latik's house. 



"Did you find them?" latik asked. 



"Yes." 



"Where?" 



"Down in the lower world." 



"When are they coming back?" 



"In four more days," the bird told her. 



But latik knew that the l)rothers meant four years and she began 

 to weep. She asked the humming bird why they were going to stay 

 away so long, but the bird said that he had not learned anything else. 



Then latik sent the humming bird to Wenimats' to get some 

 k'a''tsina to help her. Four k'a-'tsina — two Tsitsunits, Aaik'unu and 

 Dyaits'ko'tume — came to her house. It was latik's plan to have 

 these k'a'tsina remove the toad from the entrance to the hole. But 

 aU this time Masewi and his brother knew all about these plans. So 

 when the four k'a-'tsina approached the hole they caused a great 

 cloud to appear over them and it began to hail with great violence. 

 The k'a-'tsina were compelled to return. latik wept when she saw 

 them return baffled. The k'a-'tsina askedlatik to go move the horned 

 toad herself. But she would not go. 



