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Translation #39748

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.
Indiyawan Pima na jihar Arizona sun ce uban dukkan mutane da dabbobi shi ne malam-buɗe-ido, mai suna Cherwit Make (mahaliccin duniya), wanda ya sauko daga cikin gizagizai yana shawagi zuwa Duwatsun Blue Cliffs […], sannan ya halicci mutane daga gumin jikinsa. Yayin da mutane suka ƙaru, sai suka zama masu son kai da yawan husuma. Saboda haka, Cherwit Make ya ji ƙyamar abin da hannuwansa suka ƙirƙira, kuma ya yanke shawarar nutsar da su gaba ɗaya cikin ruwa. […]

Akwai wani mutum mai suna Hauk, wani mugun aljani da ke zaune a cikin duwatsu, wanda yake satar 'ya'yansu mata tare da kashe 'ya'yansu maza. […] Ya bi shi a hankali zuwa cikin tsaunukan Superstition; ya sa guba a cikin ruwan cactus ɗin da 'yarsa za ta ba shi ya sha. Bayan ya sha ruwan, sai Suha ya fito daga inda yake ɓoye, ya kuma farfasa kan wannan mugun aljani wanda ya suma saboda tasirin ruwan. […]

Pima sun yi imani da wannan annabci sosai har ba sa kusantar ketare tsaunukan Superstition. Domin a can ne Cherwit Make yake zaune, yana jiran lokacin da muguntarsu za ta kai matuƙarta, domin ya saki wani gagarumin ambaliyar ruwa a doron ƙasa, wanda yake a kulle a bayan jerin waɗannan tsaunuka.