II2 WILD NEIGHBORS CHAP. 
Remembering these astonishing vocal perform- 
ances, it is amusing to read the story told by the 
Kaibabits Indians, of northern Arizona, to account 
for the diversity of languages, for what animal 
could better figure in such a history? 
The old men of the Kaibabits say, the grand- 
mother goddess of all brought up out of the sea a 
sack, which she gave to the Cin-au’-dv brothers, — 
great wolf-gods. This sack contained the whole 
of mankind, and the brothers were bidden to carry 
it from the shores of the sea to the Kaibab Plateau, 
and by no means to open the package on the way 
lest, as with Pandora’s box, untold evils should be 
turned loose. But, overcome by curiosity, the 
younger Cin-au’-dav untied the sack’s mouth, when 
the majority of people swarmed out. The elder 
Cin-au’-av hastened to close it again and carry it 
to the Kaibab Plateau, where those who had re- 
mained in the bag found a beautiful home. Those 
who had escaped were scattered, and became 
Navahos, Mokis, Dakotas, white men, and all the 
rest of the outside world — poor sorry fragments 
of humanity without the original language of the 
gods; and it was all the fault of that careless coy- 
ote, Cin-au’-av. 
The quick wits and inquiring mind of the prairie- 
wolf serve him not only in chasing, but in saving 
himself from being chased. A new enemy has 
lately arisen, however, that puts him on his mettle. 
This is the practice of chasing him with hounds 
