They placed them in Lukatso, the big bamboo. p. 60 The January stars are Gah-atay-ih (Rabbit Tracks or Rattle), and this month was called Zus-entlis, or Thm, Icy Sheet. I made these tracks that you have found with my hands.” Four times Etsay-Hasteen drove the Yehtso-lapai away. And there is a song about these pouches which is called Nahtoh-beyin, Tobacco Song. They realized that he had The bamboo now started to grow with all that were in it, growing higher and higher until it reached the second world, the blue world, Naho-doklizh-dasakah, overhead, and grew into it. For the roof house of the sweat-house they placed Rainbows, crossing from four directions to hold it up, and then the Robe of Darkness was placed over the Rainbows. Their tales of emergence and migration are similar to other Southwestern p. 91 face painted red. Among those at the Council was the chief of the locusts who wore an arrow on his forehead made of an eagle tail. The largest centipede jumped at Nayenezgani but could not bite through the stone armor, and Nayenezgani seized his stone knife, and cut him into little pieces, and then killed all the rest of them and their little ones except a pair, a male and a female, and these he let go, telling them to behave themselves and never harm anyone. See Site copyrights, Terms of Service for more information. One of these streams ran from west to east and one from north to south. it into the ground but the water that came was salty, and when the jet cane was used, the water that came was black. The gods came back to Huerfano Peak where they had lived before, and Begochiddy waved his hands over the world, and at once it was covered with trees and plants and animals, and when it had rained a little, everything began to grow. They flew to Siss-nah-jini and from there they flew four times around all the mountains, and then they flew to a big peak called Tsilth-lapai-ah, north of San Francisco Peak. In their quest to militarily colonize the Southwest, the Spaniards sought to force their way of life on the Navajo, converting them to Christianity and baptizing members of the tribe. But finally he decided to grant their request and said: “Very well, I will give what you have asked for.” And he taught them how to wear the armor, and how to shoot the lightning arrows, and how to use the stone knife, the big hail, the cyclones, and also how to use the magic kehtahn. They would rush out at people, striking them and clawing them at once. When the knife hit the ground, the boys seized it and If no one was among the reeds they remained perfectly quiet. Meanwhile the people still in the bamboo were very nervous because it was waving about in the air and they did not know what was happening to the Locust. And in a valley near by they saw a lot of corn fields full of ripe corn, and there they discovered a single hogahn but no people, so all the men put their packs on the ground and walked up to the hogahn. p. 111 Kay-des-tizhi was to lead the men across the river and also take charge of the corn-grinding stones. Not sure of the spelling? As a matter of fact, many anthropologists are still conducting their research and studies about the Navajo tribe. went about hunting and enjoying themselves. The people then said: “There are no rocks here to build with,” and Begochiddy said: “There are plenty, ask Deh-nozzi (the mountain sheep) for some.” So Etsay-Hasleen went and got plenty of stone from the mountain sheep who said: “You are welcome to them.”, The people asked: “What shall we have for fire?” Begochiddy said: “Go to Hasteen Dontso (the fly) and he will give you fire.” He gave them fire gladly. Into this world Navajo Nation covers over 27,000 square miles of land more... By Lt. James H. 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