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Show "Hupats Visits the Jay Nation on the Kaibab" 53 Then Onga said, "Let me look into your quiver," and selecting a very good arrow, he said, "This was not made by you, nor by any of our people. This is my grandfather's arrow, Hupats, the old man who lives on the Unku Mukwanikunt (Vermilion Cliffs). Where did you get it? And see, there is blood on the shaft; this is the arrow that killed the deer." Ogochiok stood in silence. After a while Onga noticed the peculiar manner in which Ogochiok had fixed his hair and said, "What a strange top-knot you have! What new way have you learned for tying up your hair?" And all the people in the camp laughed at Ogochiok. Then a little boy crawled up behind him and cut the string which tied the topknot, and Hupats fell upon the ground. All the people jeered at the boastful hunter and laughed at his foolishness. Onga ran up to Hupats and hugged him exclaiming, "You are my grandfather!" And they all greeted him with expressions of joy. The next day Ogochiok and Onga went out to hunt. Onga sang as he went and would not be still, so Ogochiok warned him that he would frighten away the game. Still he would not cease his noisy songs, and when they found a deer lying down, Ogochiok feared it would hear the voice and run away. He said to Onga, "You go around the trees on the other side and creep up to the deer and shoot him. I will remain here. If you do not kill him, he will run this way and I will shoot at him." This he said to be rid of Onga. No sooner had the noisy fellow disappeared among the trees than Ogochiok crept along the ground near to the deer and shot it. He then hid it in the bushes. Onga still singing his noisy songs, came up to where the deer should have been and, not finding it, shouted to his companion: "Where is that deer!" Ogochiok replied, "You have frightened him away with your singing." Afterwards he took him to where the game was laying dead. When Onga saw it, he was greatly interested for he had never before seen a deer except after it had been cut up and brought to camp. After examining the feet, he said, "My brother, what are these?" Ogochiok answered, "These are the feet which would have carried him away if he had heard your singing." Then Onga examined the horns and said, "What are these, my brother ?" |
