she went into the house
and grieved, and the people did not die any more, but now the world
was dark all the time, because the Sun would not come out. They
went again to the Little Men. and these told them that if they wanted
the Sun to come out again they must bring back her daughter from
Tsusgina'i, the Ghost country, in Usunhi'vi, the Darkening land in
the west. They chose seven men to go, and gave each a sourw I rod
a hand-breadth long. The Little Men told them they must take a box
with them, and when they got to Tsusgina'i they would find all the
ghosts at a dance. They must stand outside the circle, and when the
young woman passed in the dance they must strike her with the rods
and she wouldfall to the ground. Then they must put her into the
box and bring her back to her mother, but the} 7 must be very sure not
to open the box. even a little way, until they were home again.
They took the rods and a box and traveled seven days to the west
until they came to the Darkening land. There were a great many
people there, and they were having a dance just as if they were at
home in the settlements. The young woman was in the. outside circle,
and as she swung around to where the seven men were standing, one
struck her with his rod and she turned her head and saw him. As she
came around the second time another touched her with his rod. and
then another and another, until at