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on their roads. If your days are the same as theirs you vnW not be 

 slaves. It does not matter that he is only a little boy. Even so, 

 he \viU be our father. It does not matter that she is a little girl, 

 she will be our mother." Thus he said. Talcing their sacred object 

 they went. They came to where Ea-eto'we were staying. There 

 they said to them, "Now make your days." "Oh, no! We shall 

 not be first. When all your days are at an end, then we shall add 

 on our daj's." Thus they said. Then they worked for Ea-eto'we. 

 Ra-eto^we's days were made. Four days and four nights, with fine 

 rain falling, were the days of Ea-eto"we. When their days were at 

 an end, the two children and their grandmother worked. Their days 

 were made. Four days and four nights, with heavy rain falling, 

 were their days. Then they removed the evil smell. They made 

 flowing canyons. Then they said, "HaUhi! Thanlc you! Just the 

 same is your ceremony. What may your clan be?" "WeU, we are 

 of the Yellow Corn clan." Thus they said. "Haiyi! Even though 

 your eton'e is of the Yellow Corn clan, because of your bad smell, 

 you have become black. Therefore you shall be the Black Corn 

 clan." Thus they said to them. 



Then they arose. Gathering together all their sacred possessions, 

 they came hither, to the place caUed, since the first beginning, 

 Halona-Itiwana, their road came. There they saw the Navaho 

 helper, little red bug. "Here! Wait! All this time we have been 

 searching in vain for Itiwana. Nowhere have we seen anything like 

 tliis." Thus they said. They summoned their grandchild, water 

 bug. He came. "How have you Uved these many days? " "Where 

 we have been living happUy you have passed us on our road. Be 

 seated." Thus they said. He sat down. Then he questioned them. 

 "Now, indeed, even now, you have sent for me. I think some word 

 that is not too long your word will be. So now-, if j'ou will let me 

 know that, I shall always remember it." "Indeed, it is so. Our 

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

 the society priests, having issued forth into the daylight, go about 

 seeking the middle. You will look for the middle for them. This 

 is W'cll. Because of your thoughts, at your heart, our fathers, 

 Ea-eto"we, tcu-eto'w^e, mii-eto'we, le-eto'we, will sit doAvn quietly. 

 Following after those, toward whom our thoughts bend, we shall 

 pass our days." Thus they said. He sat down facing the east. 

 To the left he stretched out his arm. To the right he stretched 

 out his arm, but it was a little bent. He sat down facing the north. 

 He stretched out his arms on both sides. They were just the 

 same. Both arms touched the horizon. "Come, let us cross over 

 to the north. For on this side my right arm is a little bent." 

 Thus he said. They crossed (the river). They rested. He sat 

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