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Story 33—
Ending:
Raven and Geehoduk

Soon after the old woman died, the people [who had stayed behind] moved closer to these [Komatke] mountains, where there were lots of bushes or trees in a thicket. There a raven and a bird they call geehoduk (like a pigeon)[g] had a fight. The raven was a Wooshkum and the geehoduk was Hohokam.

The bird like a pigeon made a noise like a pigeon, and the [Wooshkum] people were afraid. It wasn't long since the old woman had died, and they were sad all the time. They sang:

We have arrived
In the land of the thicket
In this the geehoduk
Is gladly singing.


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We have arrived
In the land of the thicket
In this the raven
Is gladly singing.


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