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we want." So the witch ceremony head man (naihude) chose the 

 side that was the sun and the White vilhige people chose the side that 

 was the moon. Then they tossed it up. When it fell it was on the 

 moon side and the White village people won and were to stand on the 

 light side. They stood up the two runners, \^1len they said one, 

 two, three, wiba! wichu! pachuwin! the runners were to start. They 

 counted and they started, and the Yellow Earth people and the White 

 village people were praying hard. The runners got far out, they 

 could not see them. ^\Tien they were getting to the end of the world 

 in the east, nudway the Yellow Earth people racer, takiaowade. Hawk 

 youth, blew his powder. When he blew his powder, the sun struck 

 very hot on piowade, Deer j^outh, of the White village people and 

 made him tired and hot and thirsty. Hawk youth passed by him 

 and left hiin. Hawk youth said to Deer youth, "Yutin beyabem, 

 this is the way a man does!" So he turned into a hawk and flew 

 away. Deer youth was tired and hungry and thirsty. Hawk 

 youth was the first to reach pathywetoe. He said, "Akuwam!" 

 And the piaunen answered, "Akuwam menhura!" "Same to you." 

 So he started north to koafiwetoe. Then, late. Deer youth arrived, 

 and he said, "Akuwam!" And they answered, "Akuwam menhura!" 

 As he started for the north side, he smoked his cane cigarette, in all 

 the directions, and left the cigarette at pathuwetoe. The clouds 

 began to move, and as Hawk youth was midway to the north side, 

 the rain began to fall and wet him and he could not fly. He had to 

 stop under a rock to wait until the rain was over. Deer youth was 

 running happily and he passed Hawk youth and left him behind. 

 Deer youth reached the north side first. He said, "Akuwam!" 

 They answered, "Akuwam menhura!" 



He Ut his cigarette and smoked in the directions and left it there, 

 and he tiu-ned to the west. Then Hawk youth got to the north 

 side and said, "Akuwam!" and they (piaunen) answered, "Akuwam 

 menhura!" When Haw-k youth turned to the west he blew his 

 powder and the sun began to strike hard again. Deer youth was so 

 hot and thirsty he could not run and had to stay in the shade under 

 a tree. Hawk youth was flying fast. When he passed Deer youth 

 he said, "Tliis is the way a man does!" He was approaching close 

 to fierywetoe (the west side), when it began to rain, and Deer youth 

 overtook him and both reached the west side together. Both together 

 said, "Makuwam (dual)!" and the piaunen said, "Menkuwamhura!" 

 So they were to start again, but Deer youth staid behind to smoke 

 his last cigarette and Hawk youth started first. When Deer youth 

 started. Hawk youth was far ahead. The sun began to be hot again. 

 Deer youth had to stop under a tree. When he was midway to the 

 south the wind began to blow from the south, and Hawk youth 

 could not fly, and had to get under a rock. Clouds came behind 



