24 ZUNI FETICHES. 



Tlieii tlie earth and wiuds were tilled with ruuibliug from the feet of 

 the dopartiug animals, and the Snail People saw that their game was 

 escaping; hence the world was tilled with the wars of the Ka'-ka, the 

 Snail People, and the children of men. 



Thus were let loose the game animals of the world. Ilence the Buffalo, 

 the Great Elk, and the largest Deer are found mostly iu the north, 

 where they are ever pursued by the great Mountain Lion ; but with 

 them escaped other animals, and so not alone iu the north are the Buffalo, 

 the Great Elk, and the Deer found. 



Among the mountains and the canons of the west are found the 

 Mountain Sheep, pursued by the Coyote; but with them escaped many 

 other animals; hence not aloue in the west are the Mountain Sheei) 

 found. 



Toward the south escaped the Antelopes, pursued by the Wild Gat. 

 Yet with them escaped many other animals; hence not alone in the 

 south are the Antelopes found. 



Toward the east escaped the 0-ho-li, pursued by the Wolf; but with 

 them escaped many other animals ; hence not alone in the east are the 

 0-ho-li-we found. 



Forth iu all directions escaped the Jack Rabbits, Cotton Tails, Itats, 

 and Mice; heiice over all the earth are they found. Above them iu the 

 skies circle the Eagle, the Falcon, and the Groutid Owl ; yet into the 

 eaith escaped many of them, followed by the Prey Mole; hence beneath 

 the earth burrow many. 



Thus, also, it came to be that the Yellow Mountain Lion is the mas- 

 ter Prey Being of the north, but his younger brothers, the blue, the 

 red, the white, the spotted, and the black Mountain Lions wander over 

 the other regions of earth. Does not the spotted Mountain Lion (evi- 

 dently the Ocelot) live among the high mountains of the south f 



Thus, too, was it with the Coyote, who is the master of the West, but 

 whose younger brothers Mander over all the regions ; and thus, too, 

 with the Wihl Cat and the Wolf. 



In this tradition there is an attemjit, not only to explain the special 

 distribution throughout the six regions, of the Prey animals and their 

 prey, but also to account for the occuirence of animals in regions other 

 than those to which, according to this classitication, they properly 

 belong. 



THEIR VARIETIES. 



We find, therefore, that each one of the six si)ecies of Prey animals 

 is again divided into six varieties, according to color, which deter- 

 mines the location of each variety in that one or other of the regions 

 with which its color agrees, yet it is supposed to owe allegiance to its 



