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Show 74 The Southern Utes blood all over, he has to tell this dream on awakening. When the dream is told, the person who was killed in the dream would be hurt less; maybe he would have just a small accident at home. 6. Hair that has fallen out or been cut should always be burned. There are two reasons to do this. The birds will get it and make a nest out of it and the owner of the hair will have persistent headaches until the bird's newborn leave the nest. The Navajos also will get cut or combed-out hair and take it to their home and perform witchcraft over it, thereby causing the owner of the hair to become sick or die. The Utes were afraid of the Navajo people and believed that they could actually cast an evil spell on them. This is still prevalent today, yet some Indian women have intermarried with Navajo men, and their spouses have been accused of causing some evil spell to be cast on certain people, especially ones who have not been very friendly to the Navajo men. The Utes also believed that there were two evil supernatural beings, the Pa ah a pache, the waterbaby, and the Se ach, the witch, both of which were dangerous to human beings. These evil beings were the counterparts of the good beings of the Utes' religion. The Pa ah a pache is described as resembling a fish with a mustache and long black hair. He resides in the rivers and captures small children who like to remain outdoors after nightfall. Many people say that they have heard the Waterbaby crying at night. One story the Utes tell about the creation of the Pa ah a pache is this: One time, many years ago, an Indian woman left her baby in a cradle by the river and went about doing her work. He then strapped himself into the cradle and when the mother returned she began to nurse the baby. As the Pa ah a pache began to nurse, the mother began to disappear. He was swallowing her. The Pa ah a pache was not dangerous to older people, although they sometimes saw it. It seems to have been rather playful at times. One story is told about an elderly man who was fishing in the river without much clothing on his lower portion of his body. The Pa ah a pache saw the old man fishing in the river and decided to go over and investigate what he was doing. He noticed the old man didn't have any clothes on and being a curious fellow by nature, he came close and tickled the old man. The old man said, "Who's bothering me?" and |