anger; for if they were safe the flame burned high, but if in danger it
burned low.

Because there were so many monsters on the earth that destroyed people,
the mothers of Naye{~COMBINING BREVE~}nayezgani and Kobadjischini sent them on a visit to
Chunnaai to learn how to kill these evil beings. Chunnaai sent down the
rainbow, and up this the two boys climbed and went into the house of the
Sun. For Naye{~COMBINING BREVE~}nayezgani the Sun made a complete suit of turquoise--shirt,
leggings, and moccasins--and in his hair fastened a long eagle feather. He
gave him also huge arrows made of pine trees pointed with flint of white,
blue, yellow, and all-colors, and a bow made of a part of the rainbow. To
Kobadjischini he gave a suit of flint of many colors and a long whip with
which to drive away sickness, and in his hair he tied a downy eagle
feather. Then he said to Naye{~COMBINING BREVE~}nayezgani, "Shoot down and see if you can
hit that tree." So Naye{~COMBINING BREVE~}nayezgani shot, and the arrow shattered the tree
like a bolt of lightning.

[Illustration: Into the Desert - Navaho]

Into the Desert - Navaho

_From Copyright Photograph 1904 by E.S. Curtis_

After his return from the home of the Sun, Naye{~COMBINING BREVE~}nayezgani and his mother,
Yolkai Estsan, went over to the pueblo of Taos, where in a lake lived a
monster Turtle which had destroyed many people by dragging them beneath
the water. Naye{~COMBINING BREVE~}nayezgani went into the village and asked for food, but
the people refused him, not knowing who he was. In the night he sent worms
into their corn, spoiling it all; and in the morning, when they discovered
it, they were filled with fear, and said:

"You must be some great man. In the west is a large lake, and in it a
being which has dragged many of our people into the water. Will you go and
kill it?"

"I will kill it," replied Naye{~COMBINING BREVE~}nayezgani, "but first you must give me as
much turquoise as I now have in my suit."

This they did, and Naye{~COMBINING BREVE~}nayezgani asked Chunnaai how he should kill this
creature. His father gave him four wheels--white, blue, yellow, and
all-colors. Then from the east he threw the white one into the middle of
the lake, and the water receded a little. From the south he threw the blue
wheel, from the west the yellow, from the north the wheel of all-colors,
and each time the water decreased a l