two eagle plumes on its head. They then returned to the mountain of
their nativity to meditate, "We two have made all these songs."

Upon inquiring of their mothers how they came into existence, and being
informed, they said, "Well, let our number be increased; we can not get
along with only two of us." The woman placed more yellow and white corn on
the mountain and children were conceived as before. A sufficient number
were born so that two brothers were placed on each of the four mountains,
and to these genii of the mountains the clouds come first. All the
brothers consulted together as to what they should live upon and they
concluded to make game, and so all game was created.

Navajo prayers for rain and snow are addressed to Hasjelti and Hostjoghon.
These gods stand upon the mountain tops and call the clouds to gather
around them. Hasjelti is the mediator between the Navajo and the sun. He
prays to the sun, "Father, give me the light of your mind, that my mind
may be strong; give me some of your strength, that my arm may be strong,
and give me your rays that corn and other vegetation may grow." It is to
this deity that the most important prayers of the Navajo are addressed.
The lesser deities have shorter prayers and less valuable offerings made
to them. Hasjelti communicates with the Navajo through the feathered
kingdom, and for this reason the choicest feathers and plumes are placed
in the cigarettes and attached to the prayer sticks offered to him.

THE FLOATING LOGS.

A man sat thinking, "Let me see; my songs are too short; I want more
songs; where shall I go to find them?" Hasjelti appeared and, perceiving
his thoughts, said, "I know where you can go to get more songs." "Well, I
much want to get more, and I will follow you." When they reached a certain
point in a box canyon in the Big Colorado River they found four gods (the
Hostjobokon) at work hewing logs of cottonwood. Hasjelti said, "This will
not do; cottonwood becomes water-soaked; you must use pine instead of
cottonwood." The Hostjobokon then began boring the pine with flint, when
Hasjelti said, "That is slow work," and he commanded the whirlwind to
hollow the log. A Jerusalem cross was formed with one solid log and a
hollow one. The song-hunter entered the hollow log and Hasjelti closed the
end with a cloud, that the water of the river might not enter when the
logs were launched upon the great waters. The Hostjobokon, accompanied by
their wiv