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126 ever more do evil as you have done before, I shall seek you again, and then I shall not spare you." Tsé'nagahi has kept his promise ever since, and has become the Tiéholtsodi of the upper world.

353. He brought home no trophy from the contest with Tsé'nagahi. It had now been eight days since he left the house of the Sun.153 He was weary from his battles with the anáye, and he determined to rest four days. During this time he gave his relatives a full account of his journeys and his adventures from first to last, and as he began he sang a song:—

Nayénĕzgani to Atsé Estsán began to tell,

About Bitéelgĕti he began to tell,

From homes of giants coming, he began to tell. To'badzĭstsíni to Estsánatlehi began to tell,

About the Tse'nă'hale he began to tell,

From homes of giants coming, he began to tell.

Léyaneyani to Atsé Estsán began to tell,

Of Tsetahotsĭltáli he began to tell,

From homes of giants coming, he began to tell.

Tsówenatlehi to Estsánatlehi began to tell,

About Bĭnáye Aháni he began to tell,

From homes of giants coming, he began to tell.277

354. There were still many of the anáye to kill; there was White under the Rock, Blue under the Rock, Yellow under the Rock, Black under the Rock, and many yélapahi, or brown giants. Besides these there were a number of stone pueblos, now in ruins, that were inhabited by various animals (crows, eagles, etc.),154 who filled the land and left no room for the people. During the four days of rest, the brothers consulted as to how they might slay all these enemies, and they determined to visit again the house of the Sun. On the morning of the fourth night they started for the east. They encountered no enemies on the way and had a pleasant journey. When they entered the house of the Sun no one greeted them; no one offered them a seat. They sat down together on the floor, and as soon as they were seated lightning began to shoot into the lodge. It struck the ground near them four times. Immediately after the last flash Tsápani, Bat, and Tó'nenĭli, Water Sprinkler, entered. "Do not be angry with us," said the intruders; "we flung the lightning only because we feel happy and want to play with you: "still the brothers kept wrathful looks on their faces, until Nĭ'ltsi whispered into their ears: "Be not angry with the strangers. They were once friends of the anáye and did not wish them to die; but now they are friends of yours, since you have conquered the greatest of the anáye." Then, at last, Tsóhanoai spoke to his children, saying: