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So the women begged the men to come back to them. The woman- 
chief admitted that she had done wrong, that the women could not 
make their living, and that the men could not make their living. 
Then the young chiefs held a council and said, “ Let us go back to 
the women in four days, or they will die.” Soin four days they went 
back to the women, and had a feast of deer meat and love-making. 
While they were having a good time the Coyote picked a young 
whale out of the water and hid it under his blanket. On the fourth 
morning after this, when they awoke, they saw a large blue wave of 
something coming fromthe east. The old chief sent an Indian to see 
what it was. The Indian returned and said that it was water. They 
looked to the north and saw a big white wave coming. The chief 
sent an Indian to see what it was. The Indian returned and said, “ It 
is water.” They looked to the west and saw a black wave coming. 
The chief sent an Indian to see what it was. The Indian returned 
and said, “It is water.” Then they looked to the south and saw a 
green wave coming. The chief sent an Indian to see what it was. 
The Indian returned and said, “It is water.’ Then the chief called 
the tribe to council and said, “Something is wrong, we all will be 
drowned.” 
At that time the Navajos were animals and had squirrel blood in 
them. So the White Squirrel planted a pine tree; the Gray Squirrel 
planted a rattoon tree; and the Turkey planted a pipe-stem reed. 
The Navajos all ran into this reed and began climbing up on the 
inside. The reed grew very fast, even faster than they climbed. The 
water began rising higher and higher, and followed close to their heels. 
The Coyote was among them. The Badger went up first, making way 
for the rest with his paws. The Badger consoled the rest by saying, 
“Iam very near the top of the earth.” In getting his feet muddy 
his legs and feet have remained black from that time. The Turkey 
came up last, and the foam of the water touching its tail caused its 
tail-feathers to be tipped with white from that time. : 
Finally they came up through a lake, and they knew they had 
reached the top of the earth. 
The Badger looked out and said, “ I see a big Water Animal and some 
Big Men who are very mean.” Then they sent the Locust out to see 
what kind of an earth this was. A big White Bird came from the 
north, met the Locust and said, “ Things like you are not to be seen 
here!” Then the Locust replied, “ We will see about this.” A Yellow 
Bird came from the west, a Black Bird came from the south, and a Blue 
Bird came from the east, and they all said, ,“ Things like you are not 
