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Show 54 Nuwuvi: A Southern Paiute History Ogochiok answered, "These are the horns with which he would have gored you if you had made him mad with your singing." Then he examined the eyelashes: "What are these, my brother?" At the same moment he lifted the eyelid, and the deer gazed upon him for an instant, then sprang up, and bounded away carrying Onga with him on his horns. Onga screamed with great fright but Ogochiok stood laughing. A little way off the deer ran into a bush and Onga was thrown off onto the ground, lifeless. Then Ogochiok came up and cut him into pieces and went on his way. Sometime afterwards when he was far away in the woods, he heard a noise behind him and stopped to listen. It was Onga coming up still singing his song, and this is what he now sung: I am mended I am mended I am mended So they went on the hunt together again. When they had killed another deer, Ogochiok told the singer to stand on top of the highest tree and watch, lest their enemies the Kukwats (the Spiders- also the name of the Mexicans because they weave. It literally means "Weavers.") should come while they were taking off the skin. As Ogochiok was busy at work, Onga saw the Kukwats coming a great way off. But being angry with the elder brother because of the bad treatment he had received during the morning, he determined to have revenge. So he gave no warning. At last the enemy came near, and when he noticed that Ogochiok saw them, Onga shouted, "Here they come. Run, run my brother; run!" hoping to confuse his brother. But Ogochiok was a brave fellow and said, "You carry away this meat; I will stay here and fight them." Onga carried the meat home and returned, bringing with him Hupats and Kwiats (Bear). Now Hupats was a renowned warrior, and he had a great bow and very long arrows. He took great care not to shoot his arrows foolishly. When he could see a number of the enemy standing in the same line, he would shoot an arrow and would thus string a great number on one arrow shaft. The arrow would carry the bodies along with it until it struck a pine tree where |
