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It was nearly noon when he arrived. "You have come?" "Yes, 

 I have come." "Very well, speak. I thmk some word that is not 

 too long your word will be. So if you let me know that, I shall 

 always remember it." Thus he said. "Indeed, it is so. Our 

 fathers, our mothers, Ea-eto"we, tcu-eto-we, mu-eto'we, le-eto'we, all 

 the society priests, have issued forth into the daylight. Here they 

 go about seeking Itiwana. These people will not let them pass. 

 Where does she have her heart, that one who goes back and forth 

 before them? In vain have we struck her where her heart should be. 

 Even though the arrows stick in her body, she does not surrender." 

 "Haiyi! For nothing are you men! She does not have her heart 

 in her body. In vam have you struck her there. Her heart is in 

 her rattle." Thus he said. "This is for you and this is for your 

 elder brother." Thus he said, and gave him two turquoise rabbit 

 sticks. "Now, when you let these go with my u-isdom I shall take 

 back my weapons." "Haiyi! Is that so? Very well, I am going 

 now." "Go ahead. May you go happily." Thus he said. He 

 came down. His elder brother said to him, "Now, what did he tell 

 you?" "Indeed, it is so. In vain do we shoot at her body. Not 

 there is her heart; but in her rattle is her heart. With these shall 

 we destroy her." Thus he said, and gave his brother one of the 

 rabbit sticks. 'WTien he had given his brother the rabbit stick, 

 "Now go ahead, you." Thus he said. The younger brother went 

 about to the right. He threw it and missed. Whiz! The rabbit 

 stick went up to the sun. As the rabbit stick came up the sun took 

 it. "Now go ahead, you try." Thus he said. The elder brother 

 went around to the left. He threw it. As he threw it, zip! His 

 rabbit stick struck his rattle. Tu — n! They ran away. As they 

 started to rim away, their giant died. Then they all ran away. 

 The others ran after them. They came to a village. They went 

 into the houses. " This is my house ; " " This is my house ; " and "This 

 is mine." Thus they said. They went shooting arrows into the 

 roof. Wherever they first came, they went in. An old woman and 

 a little boy this big and a little girl were inside. 



In the center of their room was standing a jar of urine. They 

 stuffed their nostrils with kanaite flowers and with cotton wool. 

 Then they thrust their noses into the jar. The people could see 

 them. "Oh, dear! These are ghosts!" Thus they said. Then the 

 two said to them, "Do not harm them, for I think they know some- 

 thing. So even though it is dangerous they are still alive." Thus 

 they said. The two entered. As they came in they questioned them. 

 "And now do you know something? Therefore, even though it is 

 dangerous, you have not perished." "Well, we have a sacred object." 

 "Indeed! Very well, take them. We shall go. Your fathers, your 

 mothers, Ka-eto'we, tcu-eto'we, mu-eto'we, le-eto'we, you wiU pass 



