Iii. Novelistic Tales. Shell Man's Wife Is : SHELL MAN'S WIFE IS LURED AWAY BY HIS EAGLE 4 Shell Man's (Stilina) wife had an eagle. He flew away and came to Tiputse (across river). She caught up a white manta 5 and followed him trying to throw the manta over the eagle. She ran on and on, but Eagle always escaped. She came to Payatamu. 6 He...
Vi. True Stories. How The People Came Up : p. 185 VI. TRUE STORIES HOW THE PEOPLE CAME UP FROM FRIJOLES 1 The people came up from Shipap. They lived all together at the mesa of the Stone Lions: the people of Cochiti, of Santo Domingo, of San Felipe, Acoma, and Laguna, and the people of Sia. They all spoke the same language, and they lived...
Iv. Animal Tales. Bird And Toad Play Hide And Seek : BIRD AND TOAD PLAY HIDE AND SEEK 3 Down by the river there lived a little snipe (? "stuiga"). A toad lived near by, and he said, "I'll go and ask this bird to play hide p. 154 and seek with me." Toad went to the river. The little bird was teetering her body on the sand. "What a pretty way you have...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Two Witch Men : THE TWO WITCH MEN 7 Somewhere in the southeast below there were three men. Two were not good and one was good. The two were witches. Once they asked this man if he did not want to eat green corn and green chili and apples. "No," said the man, "where are you going to get them now, in winter? Nowhere...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Cacique Who Visited : p. 130 THE CACIQUE WHO VISITED THE DEAD 17 At Cochiti the acting cacique died and two messengers were sent from our Mother to bring him to Shipap. He was a member of the Flint Society but the seeds had not been planted in him so that he had not yet been installed in the cacique's office. The two...
Iv. Animal Tales. The Frog Wife : THE FROG WIFE 3 When the people first came to live in Cochiti a girl went down to the river to get water in her water jar. She saw a handsome man sitting by the other bank. He asked her, "Did you come for water? Yes, I came for water. Come across the river, and I will take you home with me. How c...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Girl Who Did Not : THE GIRL WHO DID NOT LOVE HER LITTLE BROTHER AND SISTER 17 Their mother died, and left three children, a grown girl, a little girl, and a little boy. The elder sister did not like her younger brother and sister. She was not good to them. She was always off having a good time at Santo Domingo...
I. Origin Tales And Stories Of The Katc. Part 09 : THE INSTITUTION OF POTTERY 5 In the beginning Itc'tinaku considered how the people should live. She said to herself, "My old father and my old mother must go down to the people and be Clay (mitsi) Old Woman and Clay Old Man." 16 In Shipap she made the old man and woman into Clay Old Woman and Clay...
Ii. Hero Tales. Arrow Boy Recovers His Wife : ARROW BOY RECOVERS HIS WIFE 3 Arrow Boy lived in Potsherd Place (east of Cochiti). His wife was Yellow Woman. They had an eagle, and Arrow Boy hunted to provide it with food and his wife stayed home to feed the eagle. When he came back with deer, he always saved the back strip of the deer (the best...
Vi. True Stories. The Girl Who Was Stolen : THE GIRL WHO WAS STOLEN BY A NAVAHO 5 While the Pueblos were at war with the Navahos and Apaches and the Plains Indians, a Cochiti girl was stolen by the Navahos. One evening as it was getting dark the girl went out to the corral. She was leaning against the east side of the stockade. A m...
I. Origin Tales And Stories Of The Katc. Part 04 : THE PUNISHMENT OF THE SNAKE SOCIETY 5 They were living in Sia. The Snake medicine men and women, before their ceremony, fasted for four days. Afterwards any one who had fasted with his whole heart was able to catch a living snake and bring it to the ceremonial room. On the third day of the fast all...
Vi. True Stories. Buffalo Hunting Of The Plains : BUFFALO HUNTING OF THE PLAINS 8 We went from here in August. We had horses with three poles fastened to them for a travois, and we had one wagon drawn by p. 198 oxen. We went a day's journey and slept in a canyon. Next day we came to Pecos. In the morning we went on again and came to San Jos...
I. Origin Tales And Stories Of The Katc. Part 17 : THE ORIGIN OF DEATH 11 They were coming up from Shipap. One of their children became sick and they did not know what was the trouble with him. They had never seen sickness before. They said to the Shkoyo (curing society) chief, "Perhaps our Mother in Shipap will help us. Go back and ask her to take...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Tip Beetle's Revenge : THE TIP BEETLE'S REVENGE 17A There was a boy who never obeyed his father and mother. Every little animal that came near him, he stepped on it, and when he came across a snake he threw stones at it and killed it. One morning he started to go out and his father and mother said, "Don't kill any little...
I. Origin Tales And Stories Of The Katc. Part 13 : COYOTE FAILS AS INITIATE 9 In the beginning when animals were created and named, the carnivorous animals and birds fasted for their prey. For four days they fasted from food and drink. The third day Coyote got very hungry. He took sacred meal and went into the outer room and threw it into the water...
Vi. True Stories. The Destruction Of White : THE DESTRUCTION OF WHITE SHELL PUEBLO 1 At Kubro (Pojoaque) the Tewa were living (who afterwards went to Hopi). They came down against White Shell Pueblo (Hishi; old site of San Felipe) and overcame the people and destroyed the pueblo. The people went farther south and settled on the present site...
Ii. Hero Tales. The Giant And The Twins : p. 19 II. HERO TALES THE GIANT AND THE TWINS 1 A giant lived at Gashpta (Cave Place). The Twins were at Tsip. He went to get them, to cook them for his dinner. He had a basket on his back, and he dropped them in and started back to his house. They picked pion gum and spread it over his head. They...
Iv. Animal Tales. Origin Of The Cat : ORIGIN OF THE CAT 3 At Painted Cave there was a village and out of this village came a deer and bear and lion and lynx and wildcat. "Now we will go east and find our living the best we can." Before they went they said, "There is one thing we have not got and that is the cat. But how can we get...
Iv. Animal Tales. Lion And Grizzly Bear : LION AND GRIZZLY BEAR 1 Bear and Lion had a contest to see who was the strongest. The queen of the animals wanted a man frightened who was always disobedient to his people. She wished him put back into the right road. She asked all of the animals which one of them would be willing to take the risk...
I. Origin Tales And Stories Of The Katc. Part 12 : HELUTA AND NYENYEGA CONTEST FOR A WIFE 5 Heluta, 12 the father of the katcinas, and Nyenyega, 13 contested as to which should marry Yellow Woman. 14 Yellow Woman "ground" at the dance (i. e., she rubbed the notched stick with the deer's scapula, resting it on an inverted dried pumpkin). Helut...
I. Origin Tales And Stories Of The Katc. Part 16 : HUMMINGBIRD HAS FOOD 9 Long ago the people began to disbelieve in our Mother. They followed their own ways. They said, "It is not our Mother who sends the rain." She was angry that they no longer knew her and for four years she sent no rain for the people. Our Mother took in the clouds and put them...
I. Origin Tales And Stories Of The Katc. Part 08 : p. 13 BLOODY HAND-PRINT KATCINA 5 They were dancing a masked dance (bocat katsena). They danced during the morning and at noon the dancers retired and the people ate their dinners. A boy lived on the west side of the plaza in the houses on the second tier. He had just washed his hair and it w...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Woodchopper : THE WOODCHOPPER AND THE COYOTE 7 There in the north a man and his son went for wood. They arrived somewhere and found wood. They stayed there and chopped it. Then they had enough. Then they let loose the three donkeys they had taken along. These men searched for the donkeys which had gone far away...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Two Brothers Recover : THE TWO BROTHERS RECOVER THEIR SISTER FROM THE WITCHES 10 Two brothers lived with their sister. The people wanted her to marry but she would not. She said, "My two brothers take care of me. I do not need a husband." She went down to the river for water. Boys were playing ball. As she came back with...
I. Origin Tales And Stories Of The Katc. Part 02 : p. 17 THE DEER DANCE 21 The people of Cochiti were living on the mesa. At Jemez they had a deer dance (heemishikia). The dancers turned into deer and ran up into the mountains. They never came back anymore. For four days they made ceremonies in Jemez to bring them back, but they could not...
Iv. Animal Tales. Coyote Interrupts The Corn Dance : COYOTE INTERRUPTS THE CORN DANCE 3 They were living in Ushuk (old site of Cochiti, south). One day the parrots said, "Shall we have a corn dance? All right. Go and get the prairie dogs to come." They went to the kiva and p. 145 began to sing and practice for the corn dance. Next morning they called...
I. Origin Tales And Stories Of The Katc. Part 18 : p. 4 KOTCIMANYAKO SCATTERS THE STARS 10 Long, long ago, when everything began to live again after the flood, people came out (from Shipap) in the north. 10a Our Mother told the different peoples that they were brothers, and there was no separation between them. As they started south a little girl...
Appendix. A Visit To The Underworld : A VISIT TO THE UNDERWORLD 1 A man was sick for a whole year. He thought he was going to die, but he wished to live. He became weaker and weaker. One night he dreamed that person came to take him away. He followed him northward to the place where the dead go, which is called "yu'dedec". A short time...
Iv. Animal Tales. Bungling Host : BUNGLING HOST 10 At Gamatsika Rattlesnake and Coyote lived. Coyote came in and said, "Shall we invite each other to a great feast?" Rattlesnake said, "All right; you be the first to call me. All right. To-morrow I shall start to make my paper bread." In three days the old Coyote went out to find...
I. Origin Tales And Stories Of The Katc. Part 06 : THE WOMEN'S CORN GRINDING SOCIETY 5 All the women of the Corn Grinding Society (Kuya') were to grind on that day. They shelled all their baskets of corn and they put aside the sooted ears. The head of the Corn Grinding Society called together all the members of her society, and three women stayed...
Discussion. Iii. Novelistic Tales : p. 221 III. NOVELISTIC TALES The tales included in this section are all fictionized versions of pueblo life. Insofar as we are interested, not in incident distributions, but in myth as native comment on native life, we need to know primarily which kind of situations in their own existence appeal...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Industrious Daughter : THE INDUSTRIOUS DAUGHTER WHO WOULD NOT MARRY 14 An old woman and an old man were living in the village and they had an only daughter. They were very poor. When the girl grew up and began to think she said to herself, "What shall I do to take care of my father and mother? I will pick up cotton th...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. Arrow Boy, Child : ARROW BOY, CHILD OF THE WITCH MAN 10 In the beginning there was a woman all of whose children had died one after another. She said to herself, "Why is it that I can not bring up a child?" She prayed and said, "Kopishtaya, what can I do so that my children shall not die?" The kopishtaya came to her...
Appendix. Ganadyani : p. 251 GANADYANI 1 Long ago.--che'.--There somewhere in the northwest corner dwelt somewhere Ganadyani in a cave. There dwelt Ganadyani the chief. Then his wife gave birth. He had a child, a boy. They lived inside together. Then Ganadyani spoke thus, "I am going to plant," said he. He told his...
Iv. Animal Tales. Woodrat And Mouse Challenge : WOODRAT AND MOUSE CHALLENGE EACH OTHER 3 Woodrat and Mouse challenged each other. Each said to the other that her stores of grain were the larger. Mouse said, "Oh, I am very rich. I have lots of men working for me. I have flour and wheat and corn and meat. So have I," said the Woodrat. "I have all...
Iv. Animal Tales. Crane And Geese : CRANE AND GEESE 3 The Geese were living at Goose Village (up north). The Cranes lived lower down the river. When the Geese flew down the river they would meet the Crane at his house. One of the Goose Girls said to herself, "I wonder what this Crane always does. I'd like to live here, too." She flew...
I. Origin Tales And Stories Of The Katc. Part 10 : THE IMPRISONMENT OF THE KATCINAS 5 At Gashpeta they were having a basket dance. They came in to begin the dance, and a little squirrel ("siqu") ran into the middle of the line. It frightened all the dancers and they ran in every direction. For four days (years) the katcinas were lost. The people...
Vi. True Stories. How They Came Down From The Mesa : HOW THEY CAME DOWN FROM THE MESA 3 Long ago the Cochiti Indians lived on the top of Cochiti Mesa. They had to carry all their water to the top of the mesa, and when they fought the Navaho, they had to come way down where Cochiti is now to have the battle. The women had to bring the bowls of food...
Discussion. Introduction : p. 201 DISCUSSION INTRODUCTION These tales were recorded in a native house in Cochiti open to all comers. This means, of course, to those who know the pueblos, that this is a selected group of tales. It includes the hero tales, the animal tales, the remade European tales, but only the culminating...
I. Origin Tales And Stories Of The Katc. Part 14 : THE CONTEST OF GOOD-TASTING FAT 9 All the big animals and the little animals and the birds met together. The buffalo said, "I have more fat in me than any of p. 8 you, and my meat has the best flavor of all." The elk said, "I have a great deal of fat too, and my meat is good eating." The mount...
Preface : p. ix PREFACE This collection of Cochiti tales was recorded in the summer of 1924. Besides these, which were obtained through interpreters, Prof. Franz Boas has generously added tales recorded in text and here given in close translation. These tales are indicated in the footnotes and in the table...
Vi. True Stories. The Coming Of The Mexicans : THE COMING OF THE MEXICANS 1 Long ago before the Mexicans had settled thickly in this country they heard there were cities to the north. Some of the Mexicans went to their government and asked to come up against these wild Indians. Twelve men started out and came first to Tucson. The Mexicans...
Ii. Hero Tales. The Giant And The Girl : THE GIANT AND THE GIRL 4 "Where are you? Indeed! right here!" said Yellow Woman. Then the giant spoke thus, "Where?" Then Yellow Woman spoke thus, "Indeed! right here!" said Yellow Woman. The giant arrived where Yellow Woman was. Then the giant said thus to her, "Give me your shoes!" said he to her...
Ii. Hero Tales. Arrow Youth : ARROW YOUTH 6 Here in the town somewhere dwelled Arrow Youth and his wife Yellow Woman. Then Arrow Youth went hunting rabbits thither westward. Then he always went hunting rabbits. Then an eagle (girl) came there. She came to get Arrow Youth, there from the zenith above the eagle came to get him...
V. European Stories. Marchen And Noodle. Part 02 : p. 181 THE THREE BROTHERS (OPEN SESAME) 2 There were three brothers who were working in the silver mines. The two eldest brothers worked hard, but the youngest one was lazy. The two eldest went after a load and when they got to the mine, they would say, "Let it be open!" The door would open...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Witch And Her Husband : THE WITCH AND HER HUSBAND 7 Them was a town there in the north above, and there lived one youth and a Yellow Woman. This youth killed many deer, but his wife, this Yellow Woman, was tired of making mush. The witches talked about it that they would kill him, (but) the game animals did not want...
Iv. Animal Tales. Woodrats : WOODRATS 1 The woodrats lived in the mountains. There were a mother and father and lots of children. He sang for the children to dance, I, i, i, Cactus, cactus It's useful to us (for nest) It's useful to us! Ha a yot si! [paragraph continues] The little woodrats jumped and jumped and rolled over...
Iv. Animal Tales. Crow And Hawk : p. 133 IV. ANIMAL TALES CROW AND HAWK 1 Crow had a nest and she had been already sitting on her eggs many days. But she got tired of sitting there, and she flew away. While she was gone day after day, Hawk came by. She found nobody sitting on the nest. Hawk said to herself, "The person who owns...
V. European Stories. Marchen And Noodle. Part 06 : TIED TO THE COW'S TAIL 2 There were three men. Two of them were brothers, and one was a friend of theirs. They all went out hunting together in the mountains. "We are all three to go and hunt only deer." Next morning they started off, and came to the high mountains. When they were almost up...
Iv. Animal Tales. Crow's Song : CROW'S SONG 3 At the bottom of La Bajada Road there was a pueblo (an unnamed ruin). Crow said to himself, "I shall go to that plain and sing a song for that pueblo to make them happy." Crow went into an inner room. He said, "I won't tell my mother, but I'll take this bunch of dancing shells." He...
Ii. Hero Tales. The Son Of The Sun : THE SON OF THE SUN 6 Long ago, etc.--Somewhere dwelt Yellow Woman and a youth. Then Yellow Woman was grinding blue corn. She put the meal in a basket. Then Yellow Woman became tired. She had been grinding. She lay down where the sun was shining. She was lying down and then the Sun made her pregnant...
Ii. Hero Tales. The Sun's Child Dances With : THE SUN'S CHILD DANCES WITH HIS MOTHER 7 A girl lived with her father and mother in White House. All the men of the village tried hard to marry her, but she would never marry them. They brought mantas and belts and gave them to her, but she refused. She always slept at noon. One day while she w...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Girl And The Grasshoppers : THE GIRL AND THE GRASSHOPPERS 10 Payatamu was playing his pipe in his squash meadow. Yellow Woman had a meadow of squashes also. She was watching her field when a grasshopper came along singing. The girl thought it was a pretty song. "Will you sing for me?" she asked. "I think it is a very pretty...
Next. The Three Brothers : THE THREE BROTHERS 6 Long ago.--Ehe.--Somewhere then lived their mother. Oh my! the poor old woman had three children, boys. Oh my! the poor ones had nothing to eat. They were poor. Then the eldest one spoke thus, "Mother," said he, "we must go and search for some thing, we brothers," said...
Ii. Hero Tales. Corncob Boy Marries Deer : CORNCOB BOY MARRIES DEER PLANTER'S DAUGHTERS 19 Corncob Boy went away; when he was gone there was no water or rain in the village. Everybody was starving, and nobody in p. 61 the village cared any more to show off their stores of food for they were just painted stone. They threw them all away. So...
Discussion. I. Origin Tales And Stories : p. 203 I. ORIGIN TALES AND STORIES OF THE KATCINAS AND THE SOCIETIES ORIGIN TALES THE FLOOD The story of a primordial world is full of European elements. Before the people of this present dispensation came from the place of emergence the people of the previous dispensation prepared for a gre...
Ii. Hero Tales. The Sun's Children : THE SUN'S CHILDREN 3 Once a girl went out from Cochiti to pick up pions. She stayed several days and gathered a great many. One day the Sun said, "I want this girl for myself. I wish to possess her. I will go and speak to her." She was a very fine looking girl and she wore big buckskin puttees...
I. Origin Tales And Stories Of The Katc. Part 20 : p. 1 TALES OF THE COCHITI INDIANS BY RUTH BENEDICT I. ORIGIN TALES AND STORIES OF THE KATCINAS URETSITI 1 They were living at White House, and all the people (of the world) called each other by relationship terms; they were brothers and sisters. Uretsiti, the mother of the pueblos, and Naotsiti...
Iv. Animal Tales. Coyote Brings Her Children : COYOTE BRINGS HER CHILDREN TO PLAY WITH THE QUAILS 3 Just above Whirlpool Place, there is a playground where Quail Mother lived with her children. She said to them, "I will take you for a walk." They went along, and she said, "This is the place. I will sing you a song." They were all in a row...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Man Who Failed : THE MAN WHO FAILED TO BECOME A WITCH 26 A witch was herding the sheep of a man of Bernadillo. A Cochiti herdsman asked for employment of the same sheep owner and was p. 106 accepted. He went to the sheep country and met the man who was a witch. They herded together. They became acquainted and they...
Vi. True Stories. People Who Went For Turquoise : PEOPLE WHO WENT FOR TURQUOISE AND BECAME SNAKES 3 The Cochiti Indians always went to Pecos (Yaatsi) for turquoise. Inside of the mine there were pillars of turquoise which they were p. 197 not allowed to break. A party of men went to the mine and they started to break these pillars. When they were...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. Locust Boy : LOCUST BOY 17 There was a daughter of a cacique who did not want to marry. The young men brought moccasins, belts and mantas, but she did not want them. Every night the young men met to make plans to win her, but they could not. They told Biliiwai'ya (locust? "bald-headed ugly little underground...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. Cuisi'nyinawa : p. 66 III. NOVELISTIC TALES CUISI'NYINAWA 1 She was in a town. Then Yellow Woman went for water. With her jar Yellow Woman went for water. She reached the river. The girl was standing there. She saw a kicking stick. Below there was the kicking stick. Then Yellow Woman picked it up. She put it...
Iv. Animal Tales. Duck Sings For Her Children : DUCK SINGS FOR HER CHILDREN 3A At Whirlpool Place (Koashka) there lived a duck with lots of little ducklings. She told her children to go to the river and have a bath. She said, "I will sit on the bank and sing for you." They got to the river. The mother sat on the bank, and she started to sing...
V. European Stories. Marchen And Noodle. Part 04 : THE GIANT'S DAUGHTERS 8 There was a poor family. The old man and woman had four sons. The youngest one ate too much, so they told his brothers to take him to the mountains and leave him there. On the way he gathered all the food he could find, for be knew already what they planned to do. The sun...
Appendix. The Turquoise Cave : p. 254 THE TURQUOISE CAVE 1 There in the southeast at Yahats' somewhere below, the people are inside. In the middle stands up a pure turquoise. The post of turquoise standing in the middle is habitually being hewed by those who are inside, who are in Yahats'. Men and girls were inside together...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Deer And The Lost Child : THE DEER AND THE LOST CHILD 7 Long ago--Ehe--Here in the town dwelt a youth and his wife, Yellow Woman. Her husband went hunting deer. He went thither northward. Then Yellow Woman spoke thus, "I shall follow my husband," said Yellow Woman. The two had a little boy. She carried her child in her arms...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Witch Wife Transforms : THE WITCH WIFE TRANSFORMS HER HUSBAND 23 One night the witch wife asked her husband to go to the corral with her, and she turned him into a dog. She said, "Now you are a dog. Go wherever you please." He would not go; he dogged her steps wherever she went. She threw stones at him and starved him...
V. European Stories. Marchen And Noodle : HALF ROOSTER 2 Long ago when the people of Cochiti came down from the mesa, there was a half rooster with them. He came to a house where a woman lived. She gave him food to eat. After he had gone on a little way Half Rooster came back and said, "I have lost my spoon. I have come to look for it."...
Discussion. V. European Tales : p. 244 V. EUROPEAN TALES The European tales in this collection include a number that are seldom reported from the American Indians. Among those tales, on the other hand, that are widely distributed, John the Bear, the comradeship of the lame man and the blind, the noodle tales and the amusingly...
Vi. True Stories. The First Priest At Cochiti : THE FIRST PRIEST AT COCHITI 1 The first priest came among the Cochiti Indians; they had come down off the mesa, and they had a governor. The women of Cochiti cooked for the priest every week in turn and cared for his house. He was fond of one of these women, and lay with her. Her husband went...
V. European Stories. Marchen And Noodle. Part 08 : THE BLIND ONE AND THE LAME ONE 5 There, somewhere above in the southwest, lived two brothers--men. They went hunting rats. The one could not see and the other could not walk. The one who could not walk was carried on the back of the one who could not see. He was the one who carried him on his back...
V. European Stories. Marchen And Noodle. Part 05 : THE DEVIL WOMAN 1 Two sisters lived in Tiputse close by the river. They were Oheania and Okuronita ("Mexican names"). The younger sister married first, and the elder lived with her sister and her husband. A child was born to Okuronita, and her sister and husband took turns watching by her all...
Iv. Animal Tales. Coyote Has A Ball On Her Toe : COYOTE HAS A BALL ON HER TOE 1 Coyote had many children, and they were thirsty. She said to them, "Poor children, wait a little. I will hurry and get water for you." She ran off. When she got, to the river, she drank a lot and took water in her mouth for her children. She saw somebody in the road...
Ii. Hero Tales. Arrow Boy Triumphs Over His : ARROW BOY TRIUMPHS OVER HIS MOCKERS 11 In Cochiti the cacique had an only boy ("grandson probably"). He never went out. He didn't know the country, nor how to hunt. He only knew bow to sing. The other young men were jealous because he had so many lovers, because he always stayed in the pueblo...
Iv. Animal Tales. Coyote And Beaver Exchange Wives : COYOTE AND BEAVER EXCHANGE WIVES 3 At Amatsushe they were living; Old Coyote and Old Coyote Woman lived on one side of the hill and Old Beaver and Old Beaver Woman lived on the other side of the hill. They visited each other every night. One night it was snowing, deep, and Old Coyote said, "I shall...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Eagle And The Baby : THE EAGLE AND THE BABY 17 A man and woman were married. Their goats increased. The man said to his wife, "Shall we move out of the pueblo so that we can care for a bigger herd of goats?" She agreed and they moved out to the east, along the river. After lambing time they put the little kids in their...
V. European Stories. Marchen And Noodle. Part 09 : p. 163 V. EUROPEAN STORIES: MRCHEN AND NOODLE TALES 1 GININI (HALFWIT) 2 Gnni lived with his grandmother who was very old. She said to him, "Go for wood. All right. Get gray wood (i. e., seasoned). It is far away. If it gets dark, lie down wherever you are when it is too dark to travel. All right...
Vi. True Stories. Montezuma : p. 191 MONTEZUMA 1 When Columbus discovered America, Montezuma was chief of the Taska'la pueblo (near the capital of Mexico). He was pure Indian. Montezuma was a strong ruler; no matter how many nations came to his country he would not allow anyone to settle there. Montezuma knew that he could not...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Mother Who Mourned : THE MOTHER WHO MOURNED FOR HER DAUGHTER 17 A mother had two daughters. One died, and she was left with only one. This girl grew many years, but she became sick. She gave her medicines and she called the medicine men to cure her, but she died. The father said, "I shall guard her four nights...
Ii. Hero Tales. Corncob Boy : CORNCOB BOY 6 At one time there in the north was a town. The chief had children. Two Yellow Women were the chief's children. Then Corncob Boy fell in love with the elder one of the chief's two children. Oh my! the poor Corncob Boy had a grandmother, an old woman. That Corncob Boy dwelt with his...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Wife's Revenge : THE WIFE'S REVENGE 4 People were living at Tiputsa (Old Cochiti, across the river). There were two sisters, a father and a mother who lived together. The elder was married and the younger was stealing her husband. The wife noticed this but she did not say anything to her husband. She thought...
Iv. Animal Tales. Horned Toad Sings In Black : HORNED TOAD SINGS IN BLACK BOY'S STOMACH 3 Black Boy (Munaga) was planting cotton. Horned Toad came along and asked, "What are you doing? What are you planting? I am planting cotton." Horned Toad did not know cotton. He said again, "Tell me straight. If you don't tell me what you are planting, I'll...
Vi. True Stories. The Cochiti Scalp A Navaho : THE COCHITI SCALP A NAVAHO AT SIA 3 A Navaho Indian was always coming to Sia pueblo. He was very tall and handsome and amorous, and the Sia men thought he wanted to make love to their women ("thought he was in this condition"). The Sia, men forbade him to enter their pueblo, but he refused...
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Iii. Novelistic Tales. Butterfly Pursuit : BUTTERFLY PURSUIT 4 They were living to the north where there is an old (unnamed) ruin in the mountains. The cacique had two daughters who were always making pottery. They painted designs upon it. One day a butterfly came flying into their room. They looked at its markings and said, "Let us paint...
V. European Stories. Marchen And Noodle. Part 07 : THE SIX BOYS 5 Here somewhere in the west there were six boys. Now they were working, these six boys. They took turns in making (cooking) p. 168 what they were going to eat. The first one took his turn. He made everything until it was done. Then he became sleepy. He lay down and slept. When he w...
Ii. Hero Tales. Arrow Boy's Son : ARROW BOY'S SON 3 Arrow Boy was hunting in the north. He found two girls sitting together. Arrow Boy said, "Are you sitting here, girls? Yes; we are sitting. Where do you come from? I am hunting around here, and I happened to come in this direction." The girls said, "Come and sit beside us. Where...
Ii. Hero Tales. Corncob Boy Intercedes : CORNCOB BOY INTERCEDES FOR HIS PEOPLE 21 The people sinned and Heluta withheld the rains. Only to his son, Corncob Boy, he gave stores for the four years of the drought. Corncob Boy lived in a large house with his two wives, daughters of the cacique. All kinds of corn were in his house ...
Iv. Animal Tales. The Scaring Contest : THE SCARING CONTEST 1 Long ago Rabbit and Bear were living near each other in the mountains. They bet their lives on being able to scare each other. Bear said to Rabbit, "You begin." Rabbit said to Bear, "You begin. You invited me to this contest." Bear went off to make himself ready. Rabbit s...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Locust : THE LOCUST 7 Somewhere in the southeast below there was a locust. She was singing. Thither a Yellow Woman went down to some place where she was. There she heard the locust singing somewhere. The Yellow Woman arrived there. Thus she said to her, "Your song is pretty, please sing for me. I will pay...
I. Origin Tales And Stories Of The Katc : "WHERE THE GIANT IS SHUT UP" 9 The people were living at Tiputse (across the river). There were many children growing up in the pueblo and the witch people did not like this. They held a council and made plans to kill them. A young girl had married into a witch family, and the witch council chose...
Iv. Animal Tales. Bat Boy : BAT BOY 5 A chief had two daughters. The eldest was Turquoise Girl, and the younger, Corn Tassel Girl. They went to the river to get water. As they were coming, they heard some one singing. The elder said, "Listen!" they heard the song, Turquoise Girl, Corn Tassel Girl, Come to my meadow...
Discussion. Ii. Hero Tales : p. 210 II. HERO TALES All Cochiti heroes indiscriminately are insignificant, poverty stricken and ridiculed boys who are successful in overcoming their enemies and mockers. The Twin Heroes are mischievous and irresponsible (p. 19). Arrow Boy does not hunt, and spends his time courting the girls...
Iv. Animal Tales. Road Runner Girls Grind : ROAD RUNNER GIRLS GRIND 3A Road Runner girls were all grinding blue corn together. Each of them had her grinding stone. They had ground great heaps of meal. [paragraph continues] p. 150 Coyote Woman came along and said, "Hello, girls, are you all grinding? Yes, old Coyote. Will you let me grind...
V. European Stories. Marchen And Noodle. Part 03 : p. 180 THE DOOR FALLS FROM THE TREE UPON THE ROBBERS 2 An old man and old woman lived far off from everyone. They were afraid of robbers. The man said, "I think we had better go where we will be safe. If someone comes they will kill us here." He told the old woman to take all the clothes and he...
Vi. True Stories. Antelope Hunting : ANTELOPE HUNTING 1 A Cochiti man went antelope hunting on the antelope plains. He took an antelope skin that almost covered him. When he came to the plains he put it on so that he looked just like an antelope. He saw them in a high place. He took a different direction and hid to see what directi...
Discussion. Iv. Animal Tales : p. 239 IV. ANIMAL TALES COYOTE The great character in all Southwest animal tales is, of course, Coyote. In Cochiti his character is unusually consistent and no tales are recorded that clash with it. 1 He is an ill-omened cheat, imitator, and fool, never the clever inventor nor culture hero with...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. Sun Steals Shell Man's Wife : p. 70 SUN STEALS SHELL MAN'S WIFE 4 At old Cochiti (Tiputse) lived a man and his wife. His name was Stilina (dance shells). His wife went for water and Sun came and stole her. Her husband didn't know where she had gone. He mourned for her and tried to follow her tracks. He was lying in a muddy...
Iv. Animal Tales. Fox And Coyote : FOX AND COYOTE 3 Up in White Bank many coyotes and foxes were living. Fox said one day, "I shall take a little walk," and he went up the hill to the top of the mesa. He stayed all day. About sunset a coyote met him. Fox was on the top of a pine tree. He looked north and he saw a big pond. Coyote...
Appendix. Place Of Emergence : p. 249 APPENDIX PLACE OF EMERGENCE 1 Long ago in the north below from the Place of Emergence, everybody came out. Now when those who are everyone's chiefs came out they all went out. They went down south. Ma*'sewa and Oyoyewa were watching them when from there they started. Then all the people...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. A Boy Of White House : A BOY OF WHITE HOUSE MARRIES A GIRL OF THE VILLAGE OF THE STONE LIONS 10 In the beginning the people stopped at Frijoles, and settled at White House and at the village of the Stone Lions. An old man and an old woman had four sons. The eldest son carried the grinding stone. The next son carried...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Husband Who Was A Witch : THE HUSBAND WHO WAS A WITCH 9 Long ago there were two sisters. The elder sister was married, and the younger sister used to go to grind with a friend who lived close by. They would grind at night and sing love songs. The younger sister noticed that there was something the matter with her...
Iv. Animal Tales. The Burro And The Coyote : THE BURRO AND THE COYOTE 3 Three brothers were herding sheep and they had one burro among them. One day they were out of food. Next morning they sent one of their men to get their burro. He brought the burro and said to the brothers, "Here is the burro. We are out of food," said the men...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Neglected Child : p. 88 THE NEGLECTED CHILD 7 Long ago here in Cochiti they were making baskets. Here in the kiva was one woman who was also making baskets. She had two children, one small and one big. The sister took care of the baby and carried her on her back. Then the little one cried. Then she took her to her...
Iv. Animal Tales. Deer And Coyote : DEER AND COYOTE 11 Somewhere on a mountain dwelt Deer and Coyote. Deer spoke thus. To Coyote he said thus, "Come and visit my house. All right," said Coyote. Then she visited the place where Deer dwelt. They were good friends. She arrived there. She entered. "How are things, friend? It is good,"...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. Mother Corn Guides : MOTHER CORN 11A GUIDES THE DESERTED CHILD TO HER PEOPLE 12 The people were living at the Place of the Lion (Old Pueblo). The people went south from there and they left a little girl behind p. 78 them. They put a mother corn by her side to guard her. The Corn Mother spoke and said "My little...
Vi. True Stories. The First Battle With The Whites : THE FIRST BATTLE WITH THE WHITES 3 When my grandmother was a little girl (probably eight years old) there was a great commotion in the pueblo. She wondered what was the matter; the men hurried to get ready, and they an went off to the north. Every morning her mother was crying. When she went around...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Man Who Was Cruel : THE MAN WHO WAS CRUEL TO ANIMALS 10 Inside of Shipap there were four rooms. The first room was guarded by a mountain lion and beside him Masewa stood with a bow and arrow. If anyone came, no matter how far away, the lion heard it, and Masewa quieted him. The people sent a messenger, goatcini...
I. Origin Tales And Stories Of The Katc. Part 07 : THE RECOVERY OF THE KOSHARE 17A The people were coming up from Shipap. Masewa led them, and after him his brother Oyoyewa. After them came our mother Iareku, the corn fetish. They came up through the doorway of the rainbow and after Iareku all of the Indians of the pueblos came together. Each...
Iv. Animal Tales. Geese Go Shell Gathering : GEESE GO SHELL GATHERING 3 Some geese were picking up corn on the fields south of Cochiti (site of old Cochiti village, Ushuk). When they had enough they started to dance. The chief goose sang-- Goose, goose, I came flying from the north, I found some corn, I ate it, My stomach got filled up, got...
I. Origin Tales And Stories Of The Katc. Part 19 : THE FLOOD 9 Long ago the people (of that world) knew that there would be a great flood. Up in the north among the high mountains they p. 3 built a great boat. When it was nearly time for the water to rise, they began to load it with much corn and they took all the different animals into the bo...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Antelope Hunter : THE ANTELOPE HUNTER WHO WAS A WITCH 17 Four men went hunting antelopes. One man gathered the party together, and his brother-in-law went and a third man and a fourth. They had been out several days. The others had already killed many antelopes, but the leader was a witch, and he used to go out by...
I. Origin Tales And Stories Of The Katc. Part 03 : THE PECOS INDIANS BECOME SNAKES 5 They were living in Pecos. They fought and many were killed. Half the people left Pecos and came down in this direction. The other half stayed behind. Those who stayed had a meeting. They planned to become snakes. Those who had already started in this directi...
Ii. Hero Tales. Corncob Boy Triumphs Over : CORNCOB BOY TRIUMPHS OVER HIS MOCKERS 22 Long ago the people were living on the mesa. Corncob Boy's father and mother died and left him an orphan. As he grew up he went from house to house and was given food that had been left by his neighbors. When he became older he began to tell people...
Ii. Hero Tales. The Contest Of Poker Boy's Wives : THE CONTEST OF POKER BOY'S WIVES 16 The people were living at Old Pueblo. Poker Boy always went hunting. He was an ugly, untidy boy, and his hair was bushy and singed. His wife was Yellow Woman. Old Ku'iatse saw him coming back home with a deer on his back. She began singing a song. She said, "He...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Jealous Wife : THE JEALOUS WIFE 17 Near Uwashka there was a little village on top of the hill. A Cochiti girl used to go up there. She stole a man who lived at Uwashka. They were always together. When the man went to the fields the woman would follow a little apart. They were not ashamed. The man was married. He...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Youth And The Witch : THE YOUTH AND THE WITCH 7 Long ago. Ehe.--A youth went hunting deer here in the west. He went to hunt deer. Then night came. He came from the west. At some place there was a cave and it was light inside. The youth saw it. Then he spoke thus, "There," said the youth, "I shall lie, down," said he. He...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Wife Who Was Cast Out : THE WIFE WHO WAS CAST OUT BY HER HUSBAND 17 At Fir Tree Pueblo lived a great hunter, but his wife did not pray nor remain continent to help him. The hunter knew this, and he made a plan to punish her. He said to himself, "I think this is the best plan." So one day after he had come back from a hunt...
Iv. Animal Tales. Coyote Sings For The Prairie : COYOTE SINGS FOR THE PRAIRIE DOGS 1 In the mountains Old Coyote Mother and Father were living. Old Man Coyote had a little drum and he sat above the road and beat the drum and sang, Look out! Look out! Coyote is going to hit you On the back, on the back. [paragraph continues] Lots of prairie dogs...
I. Origin Tales And Stories Of The Katc. Part 15 : SALT WOMAN IS REFUSED FOOD 9 Old Salt Woman had a grandson. They were very poor. They came to Cochiti and went from house to house. People turned them away. The old woman said to her grandson, "We will go into this house," but again the people turned them away. The people were cooking for a feast...
Vi. True Stories. Why The Navaho Buy So Much : WHY THE NAVAHO BUY SO MUCH TURQUOISE 6 There is a sacred place in the Navaho country where they go to make offerings to obtain domestic animals. If they have clean hearts and are thinking good thoughts toward all their people, a white horse will appear to them. So they get horses and sheep. They...
Ii. Hero Tales. Poker Boy Disappears : POKER BOY DISAPPEARS INTO HIS SHRINE 3 The people were living at White House. Poker Boy was living among his people. He married the two daughters of the cacique. The elder had two children. One day Poker Boy asked his two wives, "Why should we not travel to the south?" The elder agreed to this...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Girl Who Stepped : p. 126 THE GIRL WHO STEPPED ON THE SNAKE 10 The People were living in Sacred Embroidered Manta Village. Powshka girl lived there. A snake said to its mother, "I am going to have a little walk. I am afraid to have you go out, my child, for Powshka might hurt you. She has hurt many snakes. I'll be...
I. Origin Tales And Stories Of The Katc. Part 11 : HELUTA PLANTS THE DEER 14A They were living in Cochiti. They challenged each other to a display of their crops, and they asked Heluta to come to compete. They fasted for four days, and on the fourth day they sent to Heluta and said, "It is time to come to our village." All the people of Cochiti...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. Cactus Lover : CACTUS LOVER 17 A Navaho girl had no lover among her people. She went every day to the mountains. The people said, "Where is it that she goes every day?" At last one of the men followed her. He tracked her to the mountains, and at last he came to the end of her foot prints. He hid himself near by...
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Witches Who Were : THE WITCHES WHO WERE MICE AT NIGHT 10 In those days people were starving. They took bits of old leather and put them on the hot coals and roasted them. They cut off the rawhide lacings from the corral posts and boiled them, and still the children were crying for food. They said, "How shall we get...
I. Origin Tales And Stories Of The Katc. Part 05 : HOW THE PEOPLE CAME UP FROM FRIJOLES 19A The people lived together in Frijoles Canyon. They used to dance every night. Two of the koshare were playing; they were on the house roofs, and they were playing at throwing a little baby from one to the other. The baby slipped from the hands of the koshare...
Iv. Animal Tales. Betting Eyes : BETTING EYES 1 Spider and Dung Beetle were playing, and they bet their eyes upon the game. Therefore Spider has four eyes and Beetle none. FOOTNOTES 153:1 Informant 1. Notes, p. 241.
Iii. Novelistic Tales. The Bears : THE BEARS 7 Hither westward a youth went hunting rabbits. Then night came. Somewhere there was light. Then he spoke, "I shall go there. I shall lie down there." Then he arrived. "Inside!" he said. "Heh," said two Yellow Women, "Come in," they said to him. Then he entered. "Sit down!" said the two...
Iv. Animal Tales. Geese Talk The Sant : GEESE TALK THE SANTA ANA LANGUAGE 1 Two Santa Ana girls went to Haniashte (other side of river) to pick beans. They saw geese coming flying. The girls got to the p. 159 bean fields. They were gray with geese picking beans. The girls stood watching them. They said, "They are picking all the beans."...
