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He flew up. When he was in the middle of the mesa, Hiuko'abeu'de 

 caught him and carried hiTii up to the top of the mountain. He 

 thanked his friend, the httle bird. He threw his pollen to the south 

 and sang the same song. He flew away toward the south. He did 

 not reach the cave where they took his kick stick. He fell on top of 

 the mountain Ta'koapien. He dropped the basket and fell right on 

 top of it, and he turned into a snake (the belt was a token that that 

 was going to happen to him), into ilcaina're.'* 



5. The Origin of the Liwa (Pinitu) Dances 



Natoai, when the world was new, they came with the t'aikabede 

 and kyapiunin and p^ide and mlawe. They were not very happy 

 because they had no dances. Nothing to make the days pass happily. 

 So the Uttle captains (wdhiweun) went to pijide (kumpa) and gave 

 their thought and asked them if they could have a dance to make 

 their people feel happy. Pqiwiiawe thought they should go to the 

 t'aikabede and tell him about it. And t'aikabede said he could not 

 make this thought up by himself even if he was a chief, until he gath- 

 ered up all the men into a big council (inatoinpehan) to talk it over. 

 When they made the coimcil, all the men came from all the directions. 

 That was sometliing they had not heard about, knew nothing about it. 

 The old men said that when they were coming out from the beginning 

 the ka'an were instituted, so if there is anything in the world they 

 can not find out, they were to ask the ka'an. They had enough power 

 given to them by Wseide. So the people could go to them. So they 

 determined (made their thought up) to ask the ka'an what to do. 

 They themselves had closed eyes, they could not see anything, which 

 way to go. P:|ide (only one to go to kaade) went to ka'a and told 

 him he was sent by t'aikabede and all his children to find out how 

 they could live happily by dancing. The ka'an gave them four days 

 while he was doing his work. After four days, at night, they were to 

 meet again. When kaade came that night to the meeting he had 

 told them he had gone to the east, toward the sun. There he found 

 tot'ainin ; then he went to the north and found nart'ainin ; to the west 

 he found namt'ainin; to the south he found two brothers, the elder 

 pachirtuterede, blowing water through his cane pipe. His younger 

 brother was killing little rats for him to eat. (That is why they are 

 called shichu,''^ rats.) He went on, he came to the middle of the 

 world. He found shyutain, koaran, ietainin, also shifunin kabede ana 

 shure kabede, and he asked their advice and asked for a dance for his 

 children. 



M In a mountain cave lives the horned snake. (See p. 343.) 



6' Note that the shichu are associated with the south, not with " all directions." In another connection 

 the narrator repeated this association. 



