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San Diego said, "Well, I guess I'll water my horse; I haven't 

 watered him all day." "All right, but don't stop at the Mexican 

 house. You're tired. To-morrow you got to go up on the mountam 

 to haid timber. You're gomg to have 100 wild oxen. If you finish 

 before simdown you can sleep with my daughter." 



San Diego went to water his horse. He tied his horse and went 

 to the Spider's house. He had the key that locked the oxen up. He 

 went into the Spider's house. "Guatzi, k'amack'" (Good evening, 

 Spider)." "Good evening, San Diego. What does the king want 

 now?" "I got to go up on the moimtain and get timbers with wild 

 oxen." "All right, I'll go up to-night and tell the woodpeckers to 

 cut the timbers. You want 100?" "Yes." "Here's some medi- 

 cine to put on. Yoke two and send them up early m the morning. 

 Then the others. My spiders (and others) will go up on top of corral 

 gate and jimip down on each pau- oxen when they come out. I'U be 

 up to-night and get woodpeckers and cut logs and get Gaiyac hatctsi 

 (Squirrel man) to tie them on. If m the morning when you go up, 

 you meet the first two coming back, don't go up, but come back 

 with them." (The Spider was going to have the woodpeckers cut 

 the timber, a log. Then Squirrel man was going to tie one end of 

 the log to the voke. The oxen would then draw the log down the 

 hUl.) 



San Diego went out to corral and told oxen to be ready to go up 

 m the moniing to get logs. "First ones I rope, you try to hook me. 

 When I tell you stop, you stop." He told same to his partner (i. e., 

 the other ox of the team). "Now rest of you fellow, I'm not going 

 to use strap on you. Be gentle." Oxen said, "All right." "Good 

 night." San Diego went back to the king's house. The kuig said, 

 "Where have you been? You been gone long time." San Diego 

 said, "I been down to that Mexican's house." "Well, let's go to 

 bed," the king said. So he locked his daughter in her room and put 

 San Diego in his. That night again the girl she climb out of her 

 window and go into San Diego's room, and they slept together again. 

 The king's daughter said, "My father try to kiU you; he lulls fellows 

 all time. But I help you; I like you." "All right." "Try your 

 best to-morrow." The girl went back to her room in the morning. 



In the morning the Idng came and let San Diego out. They washed 

 and had breakfast. "Well, let's go now," the king said. The king 

 offered San Diego the rope with the snake in it again. "No; I use 

 my own rope," San Diego said. Then he went down to the corral 

 to get the j^okes and the straps. When they got to the corral the 

 wild oxen were jumping around. He caught the two tame ones and 

 yoked them up and sent them up on the mountain. Then he caught 

 the others and yoked them and sent them up too. He followed the 

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