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The Pima Indians of Arizona say that the father of all men and animals was the butterfly, Cherwit Make (earth-maker), who fluttered down from the clouds to the Blue Cliffs[…] and from his own sweat made men. As the people multiplied, they grew selfish and quarrelsome, so Cherwit Make was disgusted with his handiwork and resolved to drown them all.[…]

There was one Hauk, a devil of the mountains, who stole their daughters and slew their sons. […] He silently followed him into the Superstition Mountains; he drugged the cactus wine that his daughter was to serve to him; then, when he had drunk it, Suha emerged from his place of hiding and beat out the brains of the stupefied fiend. […]

So firmly do the Pimas rely on this prophecy that they will not cross the Superstition Mountains, for there sits Cherwit Make — awaiting the culmination of their wickedness to let loose on the earth a mighty sea that lies dammed behind the range.
Pima Indijanci iz Arizone kažu da je otac svih ljudi i životinja bio leptir, Červit Mejk (tvorac zemlje), koji je odlepršao sa oblaka ka Plavim stijenama i od svog sospstvenog znoja stvorio ljude. Kako su se ljudi razmnožavali, postali su sebični i svadljivi, te je Červit Mejk bio zgrožen svojim djelom i odlučio da ih sve potopi.

Bio je jedan Hauk, đavo ovih planina, koji je ukrao njihove kćerke i zaklao im sinove. On ga je krišom pratio do Planina sujevjerja; stavio je sedativ u vino od kaktusa kojim ga je njegova kćerka trebala poslužiti; a onda, kada ga je popio, Suha je izašao iz svog skrovišta i do besvijesti istukao ošamućenog zlikovca.

Tako čvrsto pleme Pima vjeruje u ovo proročanstvo da se ne usuđuju preći preko Planina sujevjerja, jer tamo živi Červit Mejk - isčekivajući vrhunac njihove pokvarenosti kako bi pustio na zemlju silno more kojeg brana zadržava iza ovog planinskog lanca.