one, that crushed all in its path, Tracking Bear, and
Antelope, who killed without mercy. Fearing lest some of these monsters
learn of the presence of her boys, Yolkai Estsan kept them hidden away on
the mountain side, but they chafed under confinement, so she made them
bows and arrows and let them play about, but admonished them not to stray
far from home. The boys promised to obey, but not long afterward, because
in reply to their questions their mother told them she did not know who
their father was, they became sulky and broke their promise, going off
toward the east. They would go and search for someone who knew. When on a
small knoll a long way from home they heard a whispered "Sh-h."

"Are you afraid, my younger brother?" asked Naye{~COMBINING BREVE~}nezgani.

"No!" was the quick response.

Four times they heard the whisper, and then two of the Wind People
appeared. "We saw you travelling eastward," said they, "and came to
caution you. The land is cursed with alien gods who kill for pleasure;
beware of them! Why do you journey thus alone without your father?"

"Our father! Alas, we know nothing of him and are now starting on a search
to learn. Do you know who he is?" asked the boys.

"Yes, the Sun is your father; but if you think to find him you will have
to travel far eastward and cross the wide, wide waters."

Naye{~COMBINING BREVE~}nezgani turned to his younger brother and said, "Sitsili, let us go."

The Sun was then overhead. Being in fact of a holy nature, the boys
covered distance rapidly and by mid-afternoon had passed well beyond the
limits of their homeland. There they came upon an old woman sitting beside
a ladder projecting from a hole. She asked them who they were and whither
they were going. They told her to the Sun, whose sons they were, but whom
they had never seen.

[Illustration: _Tobadzischi{~COMBINING BREVE~}ni_ - Navaho]

_Tobadzischi{~COMBINING BREVE~}ni_ - Navaho

_From Copyright Photograph 1904 by E.S. Curtis_

This is Born From Water, the second of the twin miracle-performing sons of
Yolkai Estsan, the White-Shell Woman. His brother is Naye{~COMBINING BREVE~}nezgani.

"I pity you, my grandchildren," said the old woman; "come in here and rest
a moment before going on." She started down the ladder and the boys
followed. Twelve ladders were descended before her home was reached. The
old woman was Spider Woman, the little gr