. Bulletin. Ethnology. O'Bryan] the dine: origin myths of the NAVAHO INDIANS 63 THE STORY OF THE MOCCASIN GASIE (Fig. 9) The Blue Bird Clan people ^^ and the people called mai desh kzish ni moved up the canyon and built a house which they called Ken tiel.^^ The rest of the people went in different directions and built new homes. There was another place east of Ken tiel called Sis kit. Above them there is a place called Hada'na y be', the house made of banded rock. The people living there were visited by a giant. He was also the Sun's son. THE DAY people's ____ W/<r i$ THE SIDE OF THE S/OE ^
. Bulletin. Ethnology. O'Bryan] the dine: origin myths of the NAVAHO INDIANS 63 THE STORY OF THE MOCCASIN GASIE (Fig. 9) The Blue Bird Clan people ^^ and the people called mai desh kzish ni moved up the canyon and built a house which they called Ken tiel.^^ The rest of the people went in different directions and built new homes. There was another place east of Ken tiel called Sis kit. Above them there is a place called Hada'na y be', the house made of banded rock. The people living there were visited by a giant. He was also the Sun's son. THE DAY people's ____ W/<r i$ THE SIDE OF THE S/OE ^.rf-'"'"''"''^^'**'''*-*^ PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL BY NIGHT /. THE HOGAN. 2. THE SUN BEAM LINE. 3. THE LINE OF OAPKNESS. 4. THE COYOTE. 5. INSIDE. 6. NEXT INSIDE. 7 NEXT OUTSIDE. 8. OUTSIDE. 9. THE OPENING OF THE HOGAN WHICH IS EAST. Figure 9.—The chart of the Moccasin Game. This giant spoke to the people there. "My grandchildren," he said, "let us play the Moccasin ; They said: "We do not know that ; So he went away; but the next day he returned and said: "My grandchildren, I would like to play the Moccasin Game with ; They told him: "Grandfather, we do not know this ; Again he left them, but on the third day he returned. "My grand- children, I have come to play the Moccasin Game with ; But their answer was the same. Now after he had left them the third time there came a certain bird called nat tsile gine who said: "This person is called One Walking Giant. Y/hen he asks for the game again tell him that we will play the game at a place called a Red Rock where the Big Snake lives.^^ All the sacred People will gather ; ^^ The giant came for the fourth time and said: "My grandchildren, 1 have come to play the Moccasin Game with ; They said: "All is well. Grandfather; we will hold the game over in Red Canyon. '1 Informant's note : The Blue Bird Clan People
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