592 ZUNI ORIGIN M^iTHS [eth. ann. 47 



afar no one can see them. "V\Tiere they stay quietly no one can recog- 

 nize them. " Thus he said. "Yes, but we have chosen you. " Thus 

 the two said. They went. When they came there, "My fathers, 

 my mothers, how have you lived these days? " "Happily, our father, 

 our cliild. Be seated." Thus they said. He sat down. Then he 

 questioned them. "Yes, now indeed, since you have sent for me, I 

 have passed you on your road. I think some word that is not too 

 long your word ■svill be. Now if you let me loiow that, remembering 

 it, I shall always live. " 



Thus he said. "Indeed, it is so. Even though our fathers, our 

 mothers, Eii-eto'we, tcu-eto'we, mu-eto-we, le-eto'we, have come out 

 standing into the daylight of their sun father, it is not plain which of 

 these is which. Therefore we have sent for you." Thus they said. 

 "Haiyi. Well, let me try." "Impossible. From afar no one can 

 see them. \\Tiere they stay quietly no one can tell which is which. " 

 "Well, let me try. " Thus he said. Where they lay in a row he stood 

 beside them. Spider said to him, "Here, the one that lies here at 

 the end is E'a-eto'we and these next ones touching it are tcu-eto-wc, 

 and this next one is le-eto'we, and these next ones touching it are 

 mu-eto-we." Thus she said. He said, "Now this is ka-eto'we, and 

 these all touching it are tcu-eto'we, and this one is le-eto-we, and all 

 these touching it are mu-eto-we." Thus he said. "Halihi! Thank 

 you. How shall be the cycle of the months for them?" Thus he 

 ,said: "This one Branches-broken-down. This one No-snow-on-the- 

 road. This one Little-sand-storms. This one Great-sand-storms. 

 This the Month-without-a-name. This one Turn-about. This one 

 Branches-broken-down. This one No-snow-on-the-road. This one 

 Little-sand-storms. This one Great-sand-storms. Tliis the Month- 

 without-a-name. This one Turn-about. Thus shall be all the cycle 

 of the months." "Halihi! Thank you. Our father, you shall not 

 be poor. Even though you have no sacred possessions toward which 

 your thoughts bend, whenever Itiwana is revealed to us, because of 

 your thought, the ceremonies of all these shall come around in order. 

 You shall not be a slave. " This they said. They gave him the sun. 

 "This shall be your sacred possession." Thus they said. When 

 this had happened thus they lived. 



Four days — four days they say, but it was four years— there they 

 stayed. When their days were at an end, the earth rumbled. The 

 two said, "Who was left behind?" "I do not know, but it seems 

 we are all here." Thus they said. Again the earth rumbled. "Well, 

 does it not seem that some one is still left behind?" Thus, the two 

 said. They went. Coming to the place where they had come out, 

 there they stood. To the mischief-maker and the Mexicans they 

 said, "Haiyi! Are you still left behind?" "Yes." "Now what are 

 you still good for?" Thus they said. "Well, it is this way. Even 



