STEVENSON.) THE BROTHERS. 283 
passed him, but he again headed them off by hiding in the stalks of a 
large yucca.'! The sheep passed within five steps of him, and again 
when the time to pull the bow came his arm stiffened. The crow peo- 
ple were watching him all the time. He again followed the sheep and 
got ahead of them and hid behind a birch tree in bloom; he had his 
bow ready, but as the sheep approached him they became gods. The 
first one was Hasjelti, the second was Hostjoghon, the third was Naas- 
kiddi, the fourth one was Hadatchishi. At this strange inetamorphosis 
the youth was greatly alarmed, he dropped his bow and 
fell to the ground senseless. Hasjelti stood at the east 
side of the youth, Hostjoghon to the south, Naaskiddi to 
the west, and Hadatchishi to the north of him. Each 
had arattle, which was used to accompany the songs for 
the recovery of the youth. They also traced with their 
rattle in the sand this emblem, meaning a figure of a man, 
and drew parallel lines at the head and feet with the 
rattle. When this was done the youth recovered and the gods had 
again assumed the form of sheep. They asked the youth why he had 
tried to shoot them. ‘You see you are one of us,” they said. The 
youth had become transformed into a sheep. ‘There is to be a dance 
far off to the north beyond Ute Mountain; we want you to go with us 
to the dance. We will dress you like ourselves and teach you to dance; 
we will then go over the world.” The brothers who watched from the 
mesa top wondered what the trouble could be. They could not see the 
gods. They saw the youth lying on the ground and said, ‘‘ We must go 
and see what is the matter.” On reaching the place they found that 
their young brother had gone. They saw where he had lain and where 
the people had worked over him. They began crying and said, “For a 
long time we would not believe him, and now he has gone off with the 
sheep.” They made many efforts to head off the sheep, but without 
success, and they cried all the more, saying, as they returned to the 
mesa, “Our brother told us the truth and we would not believe him; 
had we believed him he would not have gone off with the sheep; per- 
haps some day we will see him.” 
At the dance the sheep found seven others like themselves. This 
made their number twelve. The seven joined the others in their 
journey around the world. All people let them see their dances and 
learn their songs. Then all the number excepting the youth talked 
together and they said, ‘‘There is no use keeping him with us longer 
(referring to the youth); he has learned everything; he may as well 
go now and tell his people and have them do as we do.” The youth 
was instructed to have twelve in the dance, six gods and six god- 
desses, with Hasjelti to lead them. He was told to have his people 
make masks to represent them. It would not do to have twelve Naas- 
! Ceremonial rings are also made of the Spanish bayonet (yucca). 
