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THE PIMA INDIANS
[ETH. ANN. 26

time this darkness was still on yet. so the first he made water. when he had done this work, he took the water and throught up in Heaven. which means stars. also he made the moon and mialk-way. to give more light. he also made the sun. which is greater then what he made. now in those day's there. at a ceatan day. He sitted himself to made a first man out of a very hard mud. and there was another man name (Sis Hia.) and (Gia- (via mack)

These two men begain too make all kinds of living creaters. and when these two men made men out of hard mud the pleaced at a house to see what will be, in a day or two.

now when these men pleaced at. they want a little way to see what will be done with they work. so the haerd sone one speacking in that house. but could not understand. next there was another one speacking in our Lounger and Sie Hia) said that he understand that will be great wares to all nathion, not very long after this poeple at Mesa trying to make a ditch, so they gather one day saking each other of way to get water.

And one of these pearty said that there was man name Cea-gens who knows much about ditch, so the send for, when this Cea-vens) came to there camp. and told them that the must make a spath out of a tree call (Oie a came) so they work on for quite a while.

while the working this man Cea-ven went away for some reason, while he way. these poeple at mesa had a great trouble anong themself.

there where begain they war.

so they call a day, which these poeple to make Bows and arrows. Sho-jiak,[1] (Caveid)[2]

and so these poeple start way down near Florince and then come to Casa great Rounen, and so on to Casa Planco.

A mowan who's name (Stoke qui tham) his two son's one of them name (Parhane) another (Par-lrad)

one day when the were at home. thire mother told about an eagle of there owne. and one day these boy's wanted to go and see what there mother been told them. So the start for there Eagle.

when the were at the plaece. the youngest said to his brother. that he may try first. to clime up for the birds. he tryd But could not make. then the oldest one. got them. and bring them down. the youngest brother took the oldest bird. and there begain to quirral about these two birds, the oldest said to his brother that he might have the youngest becouse he was the youngest.

and the oldest might have the oldest too. But the youngest would not let his oldest bird go. becouse he was the first one that he took. and would not let his brother give what he got first.


  1. Club.
  2. Shield.