418 ZUNI CREATION MYTHS. [eth.ann.i3 



again, as mauy of them as there were of tbe Midmost and of all the 

 folk kins, they and the Men of the Knife — brave of mouth yet weak of 

 danger — called they together, and thus spake unto them : 



Lo! long have ye dwelt here 



At rest from far jouiueys. 



Sooth ! ye stronger have waxed, 



And like cubs of the puma 



Grown lusty, seek living 



Apart from your fathers! 



Ye have changed, O, ye children! 



Y'e have changed been, to men! 



Whilst far from the Middle, 



The world's stable Middle, 



Still ye boast to have found it. 



And ye think upon warfare ! 



Nay, jiroveu ye shall be 



And it shall be tested! 



Thus far have we led ye 



In peace, and with counsel 



Of wisdom controlled ye. 



But we too have changed been, 



By wounding our children 



With weapons of magic. 



Thus, of blood we have taste<l the hunger, 



Henceforth by the power of war. 



And the hazard of omens and chance. 



Shall we open the ways for our people 



And guide them in search of the Middle! 



And our names shall be known as the Twain 



Who hold the high places of earth — 



Ahaiyuta, the elder and main; 



Matsailema, the younger of birth. 



Come forth, ye Wiir-men of the Knife, 



Carve jdume-wands of death and the spaces, 



Bring out the great drum of the regions ! 



Come forth, master-priest of the north, 



Thou first in the kin of the Bear, 



Bring out the seed stuff of the hail-tempests! 



Come forth, master-priest of the west. 



Thou first in the kin of Coyotes, 



Bring out the seed stulf of beast-slaying I 



Come forth, master-priest of the south. 



Thou first iu the km of the Badger, 



Bring out the shell trumpets of fire ! 



Come forth, uaaster-priest of the east. 



Thou first in the kin of the Turkey, 



Bring out the great crystal of light. 



(Jome forth, master-priest of the high, 



Thou first in the kin of the Eagle, 



Lay before us the streaked stone of lightning! 



Come forth, master-priest of below. 



Thou first in the kin of the Serpent, 



Lay out the black stone of earth thunder. 



Sit aloof, O, ye priests of the Middle, 



Y'e first in the kin of All Peoiile, 



