Bi'NZEL] THE WINTER SOLSTICE 929 



Citsulja came up at Cipapolima. Now in the east there was no 

 rain. The earth was all dry and nothing could grow. So Citsuka and 

 Kwelele came out and came toward the west. They came to a place 

 called Epati (Moccasin) a little to the east of Corn Mountain. Here 

 a few little green things were growing. They stayed there and went 

 himting because it was dry in the east. So they stayed and went 

 hunting at Epati. WTien evening came they sat down facing the west, 

 and way off in the west they saw lightning and black clouds. But at 

 Epati there was no rain. They saw the lightning again, and Citsuka 

 said to Kwelele, "Do you see the lightning?" "Yes." "It must be 

 far off. I wonder how long it \\-ill take us to go there. Let us try to 

 go there. There must be people living there. Let us go tomorrow." 

 So he said to Kwelele, and he answered "Very well." 



Next day they awoke and went to the west. It took them only one 

 day to go to the village of the katcinas, because they were wise. 

 They came to the mountain near the village of the katcinas and 

 they climbed the mountain and sat down on top and looked down into 

 the lake. There was a vapor hanging over the lake. From where they 

 were sitting on the top of the mountain they could see the pretty 

 katcina maidens working at the lake. They were washing a buckskin 

 in the lake. "Oh," they said, "Here we are. I think this must be 

 what we saw making the lightning last night. These must be the 

 people whose lightning we saw last night. Look, they are washing a 

 buckskin. We have had no deer, but see what good luck they have 

 here. Thej^ have rain and deer too." So they said as they sat on the 

 top of the mountain. "Now let us go dowTi and go in and see them," 

 they said. So they went down and went toward where the katcina 

 maidens were working. As soon as they saw them coming they said, 

 "Oh dear, now they have caught us. They have seen us washing the 

 buckskin. Let us go right in." They were trying to hide the game 

 from the Kana-kwe. So they picked up the buckskin and ran in. 

 They came in and said, "Oh dear! There are people coming. They 

 are right outside. They saw us washing the buckskin. Now what 

 shall we do?" Then Pautiwa said, "We shall just tell them that you 

 were washing your clothes, for they are white Uke the buckskin." 



Just as they were talking in came Citsuka and Kwelele. As they 

 came in everyone was making a noise and one could not hear the 

 other. They came m. Then Pautiwa said, "My children, be quiet 

 for a moment. Someone has come here." So he said to his people. 

 Then they all stopped dancing and they made the two strangers sit 

 down. Then Pautiwa asked them, "What place have you come 

 from? We thought that we were all together here, but you were not 

 here." So he said. Then Citsuka said, "Yes, my father, we have 

 come from the east. Our home is over in the east at Cipapolima. 



