BUNZEI.1 ZUNI ORIGIN MYTHS 593 



though Ea-eto'\ve have issued forth into the dayUght, the people do 

 not Hve on the Hving waters of good corn; on wild grasses only they 

 live. Whenever you come to the middle you vnll do well to have 

 me. ^Vhen the people are many and the land is all used up, it will 

 not be well. Because this is so I have come out." Thus he said. 

 "Haiyi! Is that so? So that's what you are. Now what are you 

 good for?" Thus they said. "Indeed, it is so. When you come to 

 the middle, it will be well to have my seeds. Because R'a-eto'we do 

 not live on the good seeds of the corn, but on wild grasses only. 

 Mine are the seeds of the corn and all the clans of beans." Thus 

 he said. The two took him with them. They came to where 

 Ea-eto'we were staying. They sat down. Then they questioned 

 him. "Now let us see what you are good for." "Well, this is my 

 seed of the yellow com." Thus he said. He showed an ear of yellow 

 corn. "Now give me one of your people." Thus he said. They 

 gave him a baby. When they gave him the baby it seems he did 

 something to her. She became sick. After a short time she died. 

 When she had died he said, "Now bury her." They dug a hole and 

 buried her. After four days he said to the two, "Come now. Go 

 and sec her." The two went to where they had come out. When 

 they got there the little one was playing in the dirt. When they 

 came, she laughed. She was happy. They saw her and went back. 

 They came to where the people were staying. "Listen! Perhaps 

 it will be all right for you to come. She is still alive. She has not 

 really died." "Well, thus it shall always be." Thus he said. 



Gathering together all their sacred possessions, they came hither. 

 To the place called since the fii'st begiiming. Moss Spring, they came. 

 There they set down their sacred possessions in a row. There they 

 stayed. Four days they say, but it was four years. There the two 

 washed them. They took from all of them their slimy tails, their 

 slimy horns. "Now, behold! Thus you vtoU be sweet." There they 

 stayed. 



When their daj's were at an end they came Mther. Gathering 

 together all their sacred possessions, seeking Itiwana, j^onder their 

 roads went. To the place called since the first beginning Massed- 

 cloud Spring, they came. There they set down their sacred posses- 

 sions in a row. There they stayed quietly. Four days they stayed. 

 Four days they say, but it was four years. There they stayed. 

 There they coimted up the days. For Ka-eto'we, four nights and 

 four days. With fine rain caressing the earth, they passed their days. 

 The days were made for le-eto'we, mu-eto"we. For four days and 

 four nights it snowed. 'WTien their days were at an end there they 

 stayed. 



When theii- days were at an end they arose. Gathering together 

 aU their sacred possessions, hither theu* roads went. To the place 



