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him, but not before the fire and smoke had turned his face black 

 (the mask of Kausat' is bhnd and has a black face). She took him 

 out of the house and ran to the southwest. They kept on going: 

 imtil they came to Stcamimako't (Black Moimtain). They settled 

 there. 



The pitch and fire began to spread over the whole coimtry. The 

 boys saw it coming and ran as fast as they could. Then Maiyatcuna 

 (the rain maker of the north) called out the clouds (shiwanna) and 

 rain and put the fire out. It rained for four days and four nights 

 before the fire was all out. The pitch became cold and hard. You 

 can see it near Grants to-day (the lava beds). 



The boys got home all right with their winnings. They told their 

 mother and the badger aU about their visit to Kausat' and showed 

 them his eyes. They threw the eyes up to the sky in the south. 

 You can see them to-day; they are called Kausat' K'an (Kaueat, 

 his eyes). 



The boys and their mother lived with the badger for a long time. 

 One day while out hunting the boys met some himters from Akohaitit". 

 The boys told their mother, and they decided to go back. They 

 told the nice old badger good-by and left. They went by the spring 

 Go 'mi; the boys' mother recognized it as the place where she met 

 KauBat'. Everyone was glad to see the gu-1 again and the boys. 

 They kept the bag of stars in their house. It helped them to become 

 great gamblers. 



KauBat' and his mother appear in the masked ceremony of the 

 Corn clan. 



Tsictik'a'tsame Brings a Bride from Wenimats' 



Tsictikatsame lived on top of a rock a short distance west of 

 Acoma. One day he said he was going to Wenimats' for a k'o'tci- 

 ninak'o.^^ 



Tsictik'a'tsame was the son of Ocatc (the sim). He always dressed 

 in a grotesque manner to amuse the people. When he annoimced 

 his intention of going to search for a girl, all the people at Ako laughed 

 and made fim of him; they said he didn't have a chance. Never- 

 theless, he left early one morning. He arrived at Wenimats' about 

 noon. He carried a rattle. Walking about the village, he passed 

 the house of the chief of the K'a"'tsina, Kimac". (This chief appears 

 in the story of the fight, or Guititanic.) Ivimaco had a daughter, 

 Ga'caiinako (white woman). The daughter was amused by the 

 antics of Tsictik'a'tsame, who pleased her very much, so she asked 



" All of the mythical women were called k*o''tcininak*o. This term has been translated often as 

 "yellow woman/' but it is a generic term applied to any or all women of the mythical era. 



