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| 73 3. The Separation of the Tribes1 all the indian tribes were encamped at wiga’ma’ [near the Mohave country]. That is where they came out of the ground. They came to Matawidita and camped. Hokumata, the head chief, was sick; after a while he died. They made a fire to burn him. But Coyote seized his heart and ran away. They took water, which they sprinkled on the ashes, and corn grew there. After three years the Indians gathered it and gave the largest ears to the Hopi, the next in size to the Havasupai, and the smallest to the Mohave. They gave nothing to the Walapai. The Indians said, “You Walapai shall have nothing. You will roam about and eat what you may find.” Coyote ran away with the heart to a camp where there were many coyotes. They have plenty of corn there because he stole the heart. The little children were playing with a baby, who cried. The grandmother whipped the children, at which everyone got angry and fought among themselves. They made balls of soft sand to throw at each other, and they made small arrows. Then the Mohave ran away to Wiga’ma’. The Yavapai went to Wigwalko’lva, where they now live, and the Paiute to their country. The Havasupai and Hopi came here. The Hopi said to the Havasupai, “Camp here; do not go elsewhere . There is good water here and it is a good spot to grow things. You should keep this country.” Then the Hopi hung the corn on the pinnacles2 and left for the country in which they now live. Pagio’va3 left corn, pumpkin, melon, and other seeds with them. “That is what you will plant,” he said. Then they took half of the Havasupai eastward with them to live on the Little Colorado. The Hopi lived there close to the Havasupai (who in fact lived like the Hopi). Pagio’va left the Walapai behind. “You shall have nothing to plant. You must 74 | part ii simply roam under the trees. You shall gather wild seeds, but you will not plant anything.” The Zuñi are brothers and sisters of the Havasupai. All the Havasupai at the Little Colorado sickened and many died. A few ran away and came down here [in Cataract Canyon] to live with the other Havasupai.| notes | 1. Told by Manakadja; interpreted by Lillie Burro; recorded by E. G., 1921. 2. I.e., a white mark high on the cliff above the village. 3. Pagio’va is the same as Du’djipa, according to this informant. ...

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