370 ISLETA, NEW MEXICO [eth. ann. 47 



their corn meal east, north, west, and south, and they sang the same 

 song again: 



e — e hi ki 



e — e hi ki 



Nasonosho 



impiawepori 



turning his mind to them. 



They were drawing Nashon'uchii with this song. They thought 

 they were going to die on that mesa from which they were going to 

 throw themselves down. Then they threw themselves down. 



Hiuko'abeu'de '^^ saw them coming and flew out from the rocks 

 and caught the girls and carried them down gently to the ground. 

 When they got down to the ground the girls thanked the little bird. 

 The bird told them to be good children and not think any bad thoughts 

 (k'opieni pie'kuva). Then the girls flew forth, and way out where 

 they were flying were some hiUs. On one they flew down where in 

 a cave was living HuushahiJre (old woman witch) alone. They 

 reached the entrance of the cave. The old woman heard the song 

 they were singing. She said, "E — e, grandchild. Blue Corn girl, 

 Yellow Corn girl, come in! come in!" They went into her house. 

 The old woman asked, "\Miy are you around in this world? You 

 are not supposed to go around in this world. You are from another 

 world." She gave them seats. The girls were afraid that if 

 Nashon'uchu came and found them there he would kill them for 

 taking his kick stick. The old woman asked them what they were 

 worrying about so much. The girls answered that they were worry- 

 ing because they had stolen Nashcin'uchu's kick stick, and he might 

 come after them, and they were afraid he might kiU them. The old 

 woman laughed and said, "E — e, grandchild, do not wony. That is 

 nothing. I mU help you. He won't do anything to you. If he 

 comes here, you tell him you are going to pay him back for the lack 

 stick." "But what are we to pay him with? We have nothing to 

 pay with." The old woman said, "Don't you know how to work?" 

 "No; we do not know how to work; we are not supposed to work." 

 She said, "I will show you how to work so you can pay back 

 Nashon'uchu for his kick stick. You, the elder one. Yellow Corn girl, 

 I will show j'ou how to make a basket (flat) for him; and you, Blue 

 Corn girl, you the younger, I will show how to make a belt for him." 

 The girls thanked the old woman and were pleased and began to 

 work, one making the basket (le'cha) and the other the belt (nakoi). 



We turn back to Nashon'uchu. He was in the cave talking to 

 the grandmother of the girls. She was worrying, not knowing where 

 they were gone. Nashon'uchu said he was going to follow them. 



'3 A yellow-green bird fhat lives in the rocks, jumping from rock to rock. 



