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toyi'de asked his wife, "What happened to Pashorkui (water bhie 

 pretty) to-day? " His wife said, "I know nothing about it. We were 

 working at the Mexican's place." Then her husband told her that 

 people were saying that three men got killed ; but nobody knew who 

 killed them, only that they were pierced through with arrows. His 

 wife said she knew nothing about it. Her husband said, "That's 

 why their people are crying." In the evening the two women got 

 the food ready and told their husbands to come to supper. The 

 toyi'de said to his wafe, "Why do we not eat all together, as usual?" 

 Both men sat dovni to eat, and the women did not want to sit down 

 to eat. Again the toyi'de said to his wife, "Let us eat all together." 

 The women said, "No, we do not feel like eating. You go on and 

 eat." The toyi'de said, "You are doing as you never have done. I 

 want you to taste this food before I taste it." His wife started cry- 

 ing. "What do you mean by that? Why do you want me to taste 

 the food first?" The toyi'de asked, "Wliat are you crying about? 

 Because I asked you to taste it first?" She said, "Yes, maybe you 

 think I am going to do something to you. What makes you think 

 that?" So the toyi'de went and called his wife's father and mother 

 and the father and mother of his friend and left the food standing 

 there. When the old women came and the old men, the toyi'de 

 started to tell what he had seen and what the women were planning 

 against them. So the woman's father said to her, "I want you to 

 taste that soup and see if it is true what your husband is saying, or 

 if he is just talking about you." Neither woman wanted to taste the 

 soup. They wanted to throw it out. Her husband said, "You taste 

 it. The plan you made against me you can use against yourself." 

 Both women knelt down before their husbands and said it was true 

 that they had done this because Pashorkui had so advised them. 

 The toyi'de said, "We will forgive you; but we want you to taste 

 this soup." Finally they had to eat it. Next morning they were 

 both dead. The two men were saved, and the five witches died. 



TALES OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE 



39. How Juan was Cured of Ants 



I was working at the threshing machine with my friend Juan. 

 Near by was an ant hUl. Juan poured oil on it and set it afire. A 

 year later Juan fell sick of sores which ran like water and itched. I 

 said it was the ants and he must find someone to cure him. So he 

 asked the intukaade (Ant Father) ^° for his ceremony. After sunset 

 the Ant Father came to Juan's house, bringing his corn Mother 

 (iema'paru), a stone point, and his two eagle feathers. He scolded 

 Juan. Juan said, "Can't help it, tata, I did it." "But you have 



* "He is my father's sister's son." 



