at Fort Wingate on the way to their old home, where they have since lived
in peace and prosperity.

MYTHOLOGY - CREATION MYTH

In the world below(5) there was no sun and no moon, and therefore no
light, yet vegetation in innumerable forms and the animal people thrived.
Among the latter were Gray Wolf people, Nakletso; Mountain Lion,
Nashtuitso; Badger, Naaschi{~COMBINING BREVE~}d; Locust, Woneschidi; Pine Squirrel,
Klozeslskai and Klozeslzhi{~COMBINING BREVE~}ni; Blue Fox, Mai-Dotli{~COMBINING BREVE~}shi; Yellow Fox,
Mai-Iltsoi; Owl, Nascha; Crow, Gage; Buzzard, Jesho; four different
varieties of the Hawk people, and many others.

[Illustration: Navaho Still Life]

Navaho Still Life

_From Copyright Photograph 1907 by E.S. Curtis_

Their world was small. At its eastern rim stood a large white mountain,
and at the south a blue one. These formed the home of Astse Hastin, First
Man. A yellow mountain in the west and a black one in the north harbored
Astse Estsan, First Woman.(6) Near the mountain in the east a large river
had its source and flowed toward the south. Along its western bank the
people lived in peace and plenty. There was game in abundance, much corn,
and many edible fruits and nuts. All were happy. The younger women ground
corn while the boys sang songs and played on flutes of the sunflower
stalk. The men and the women had each eight chiefs, four living toward
each cardinal point; the chiefs of the men lived in the east and south,
those of the women in the west and north. The chiefs of the east took
precedence over those of the south, as did those of the west over those of
the north.

One day, led by their eight brave chiefs, all the men went off on a hunt.
It occurred to the head-chief when they had been gone but a short time
that the women should have been instructed to clean the camp thoroughly
and bake a quantity of bread while all the men were away; so he despatched
the youngest of the four chiefs of the south to the camp to make known his
wishes, but instead of doing as bidden, the young chief visited with the
head-chief's wife. The hunters were gone four days, at the end of which
time they returned with much game, weary and very hungry. To their
surprise they found the camp in a very unkempt condition and no bread
baked in anticipation of their return. The messenger was called before the
head-chief at once and questioned as to