112 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'-av 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'-av 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 



