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Updated: May 25, 2025
"I am glad I did not live when there was no light." "Tell us how the coyote danced with the star," said Gesnip. "No," replied the mother, "another time we shall see. Now I shall sing to coax sleep to tired eyes, and the little ones will go to bed."
"Mother," said Gesnip, coming into the jacal, "they have brought in the elk. Don't you want something from them?" "Yes," replied Macana, "I will go and see about it. I want one of the skins to make your father a warm hunting dress."
"This is good soup," said Gesnip. "I am glad I worked hard before the water came up. But, Payuchi, didn't you and Nopal get any clams?" "Yes," said her brother, making a face; he had dipped down where the stones were hottest and the soup thickest, and had taken a mouthful that burned him.
The women, who had been working all the morning gathering acorns, now squatted near the fire and began grinding up the nuts which had been already dried. "Gesnip," called her mother, "bring me the grinding stones."
The men, who had succeeded in loading the contents of the boats on their heads and backs, now marched away, in single file, crossing the heavy sand dunes slowly, then mounting the range of foothills beyond. The children followed. Gesnip had her basket bound to her head by a strap round her forehead; but, though her uncle had taken out part of the contents, it was a heavy load for the child.
"Payuchi," she said, "put away this basket of grasshopper meal. And, Gesnip, go to the jacal and find me the coils for basket weaving." "What shall I bring?" asked Gesnip. "The large bundle of chippa that is soaking in a basket, and the big coil of yellow kah-hoom and the little one of black tsuwish which are hanging up, and bring me my needle and bone awl." "Do you want the coil of millay?"
"I think it is to keep it from burning along the edge; don't you see? And then there are wider pieces to protect it at the ends. See how they watch the fire and beat it out in one place and then in another." "Why does it burn so fast?" asked Gesnip. "Because they have daubed it with pitch. Can't you smell it?" said the boy, sniffing. "Yes, I can smell it," replied his sister.
"You are welcome, brother," she said. "The sight of you is good to my eyes, sister," an answered Sholoc. That was all the greeting, although the two loved each other well. Macana took the basket from Payuchi's back. "Come," she called to Gesnip, "and help me wash the mussels."
The wind and the waves have been too high for us to gather any. Look, Cleeta, look; what are those out on the water? I do believe they are boats." "No," said the little girl; "I see what you mean, but boats never go out so far as that." "Not tule boats," said Gesnip, "but big thick one made out of trees; that is the kind they have at Santa Catalina, the island where uncle lives.
"I am glad they have a fire," said Cleeta, as she saw the big blaze in the middle of the settlement, "I am so cold." "Take my hand and let's run," said Gesnip, and partly running and partly sliding, they followed the men of the party, who, notwithstanding their heavy loads, were trotting down the steep trail.
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