THE DEER DANCE. 383 
came from the top of a high mountain. As he went to the top of the 
mountain the noise kept going from him until it stopped. The boy went 
to a certain place and there the man was standing at the entrance to the 
mountain. He said: ‘‘My brother, do you remember me? It was I 
who came to you in your dream. When I saw that you did not care to 
come I came to you asa Raven. When I saw that you would not listen 
to me I gathered a lot of Ravens and placed them upon the hill and told 
them to make a great noise. They did this and you followed the noises. 
You thought they were people, when they were not. Now you are here. 
The Ravens have entered the place and we will enter also.’’ When they 
went into the cave the boy saw all kinds of animals and birds. The Elk 
people were the leaders in this dance. From the south side came the 
rattling of the gourds and then a song. When the boy looked again all 
the animals and birds in the cave had turned into people. They were 
_ painted after their animal and bird kind. The boy noticed that the Elk 
were painted red and wore elk hoofs upon their wrists. They also wore 
elk teeth upon their breast, strung on a buckskin string. Each one of 
these Elks had a whistle. Onthe north side were the Jack-Rabbits and 
Ravens. The Raven people were painted black. The Jack-Rabbits 
were painted with white clay. On the south side were the Foxes and 
the Coyotes. These two sets of people were also painted with white 
clay. There were all kinds of birds in the cave as well as animals. 
These people began to dance. 
The first song which this man heard these people singing in the cave 
he thought was very fine. The people in the cave began to eat the red 
beans which grow in the south, and they gave the man some of the red 
beanstoeat. After awhile he became sick, for the beans were very strong. 
He fell down and lay there as if he were dead. While he lay there he 
went into the heavens, where he saw Tirawa. Tirawa was sitting in an 
earth-lodge. He held a bow in his left hand and bunches of wild sage 
in his right hand. When the man saw him, Tirawa placed the wild 
sage upon the ground and waved them, and many red beans rolled out. 
Tirawa spoke to the man and said: ‘‘ You must go to your people and 
teach them this dance; and also teach them how to drink and eat these 
beans, so that they may seeme, too. You must now return to the cave.” 
The man stood up as if he had beenasleep. He danced a while with the 
people, and then as daylight was coming the people turned into animals 
and birds again and began to go out of the cave. At night these animals 
and birds came back and again they had the dance. For four days this 
man stayed in the cave learning the mysterious ways from these people. 
On the fourth night they danced all night, and the animals and birds told 
