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Translation #39362

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.
Indijanci naroda Pima iz Arizone kažu da je otac svih ljudi i životinja bio leptir, Červit Mejk („tvorac zemlje”), koji je dolepršao iz oblaka do Plavih litica […] i od sopstvenog znoja stvorio ljude. Kako su se ljudi množili, postajali su sve više sebični i svadljivi, pa se Červit Mejk zgadio nad svojim delom i odlučio da ih sve podavi. [...]

Postojao je neki Hauk, planinski demon, koji je otimao njihove kćeri i ubijao sinove. [...] On ga je tiho pratio sve do Sujevernih planina; sipao je opojno sredstvo u vino od kaktusa koje je njegova kći trebalo da posluži demonu; a kada ga je ovaj popio, Suha je izašao iz svog skrovišta i smrskao lobanju ošamućenom čudovištu. [...]

Pripadnici plemena Pima toliko čvrsto veruju u ovo proročanstvo da ne žele da pređu preko Sujevernih planina , jer tamo boravi Červit Mejk — čekajući da njihova zloba dostigne vrhunac, kako bi na zemlju pustio moćno more koje leži zarobljeno iza tog planinskog lanca.