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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.
Prima Indijanci iz Arizone govore da je otac svih ljudi i životinja leptir, Červit Mejk (tvorac zemlje), koji je dolepršao sa oblaka na Blu klifs (Plave litice) i od svog sopstvenog znoja napravio ljude. Kako su se ljudi množili, postali su samoživi i skloni svađi, tako da je Červit Mejk, zgrožen svojom tvorevinom, odlučio da ih sve podavi.

Postojao je jedan Hauk, planinski đavo, koji je krao njihove ćerke i ubijao njihove sinove. On ga je ćutke pratio do planine Superstišn (Planine sujeverja), zatrovao vino od kaktusa koje je njegova ćerka trebalo da mu posluži, a onda, kada ga je ovaj ispio, Suha je izašao iz svog skloništa i smrskao glavu omamljenom zlotvoru.

Tako čvrsto Prima indijanci veruju u ovo proročanstvo da neće preći planine Superstišn zato što tamo boravi Červit Mejk, koji čeka kulminaciju njihove porpčnosti kako bi na zemlju pustio moćno more koje leži zauzdano iza planinskog lanca.