enatlihan,
Chuganaai, and Hadintin Skhin each inspected the sweat-house and
pronounced it well made. The three newcomers were bidden to enter and were
followed by Chuganaai, Nilchidilhkizn, Ndidilhkizn, Nokuse, and Doh. The
eight sang songs as their sweat began. Chuganaai led, singing four songs,
and each of the others followed in turn with the same number. They had had
a good sweat by the time the songs were finished, so Stenatlihan removed
the black cloud and all came out. She then placed the three strangers on
the red-cloud blanket, and under the direction of Kuterastan made for them
fingers, toes, mouth, eyes, ears, hair, and nose. Then Kuterastan bade
them welcome, making the boy, whom he called Yadilhkih Skhin, Sky Boy,
chief of the sky and its people. The second he named Nigostu{~COMBINING BREVE~}n Nali{~COMBINING BREVE~}n,
Earth Daughter, and placed her in charge of the earth and its crops; while
to the third, Hadinin Nali{~COMBINING BREVE~}n, Pollen Girl, was assigned the care of the
health of the earth's people. This duty also devolved upon Hadintin Skhin,
but each looks more to the welfare of his own sex than to that of the
other.

[Illustration: Among the Oaks - Apache]

Among the Oaks - Apache

_From Copyright Photograph 1903 by E.S. Curtis_

The earth was smooth, flat, and barren, so Kuterastan made a few animals,
birds, trees, and a hill. Then he sent Agocho, the Pigeon, to see how the
world looked. Four days later Agocho returned and said all was beautiful,
but that in four days more the water on the opposite side would rise and
flood the land. Kuterastan at once created a pinon tree. This Stenatlihan
skilfully tended until it grew to be of gigantic size at the end of four
days. Then with four great limbs as a framework she made a very large
water bottle, _tus_, covering it with gum from the pinon. When the water
appeared as predicted, Kuterastan went up on a cloud, taking his
twenty-eight helpers with him, while Stenatlihan summoned all the others
and put them into the _tus_, into which she climbed last, closing the
mouth at the top.

[Illustration: Mescal Camp - Apache]

Mescal Camp - Apache

_From Copyright Photograph 1903 by E.S. Curtis_

The flood completely submerged the earth for twelve days. Then the waters
subsided, leaving the _tus_ on the summit of the hill Kuterastan ha