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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.
Indiyawan Pima na Arizona sun ce baban kowane mutum da dabbobi shi ne malam-buɗa-mana-littafi, da suke kira Cherwit Make, wanda ya sakko daga gajimare zuwa Shuɗayen Tsaunuka[...] kuma daga gumin jikinsa ne aka halicci mutane. Yayinda mutane suka ƙara yawa, sai suka zamo masu son-kai da kuma faɗace-faɗace, saboda haka sai Cherwit yayi fushi kuma ya yanke shawarar ya nutsar da su bakiɗaya[...]

Akwai wani da ake kira Hauk, hatsabibi dake zaune a tsaunuka, wanda ya sace 'yarsu kuma ya yanka 'ya'yansu maza. [...] Sai ya bi shi a hankali zuwa Wasu Duwatsu na Camfe-camfe; sai ya saka maganin sa maye a cikin barasar da 'yarsa za ta ba shi; sannan, bayan ya sha ta, sai Suha ya bayyana daka wurin da ya ɓuya sannan ya yaudari wawan hatsabibin. [...]

Mutanen Pima sun dogara da wannan almara ta cewa ba za su tsallaka Duwatsun Camfe-camfe ba, domin a nan ne wurin da Cherwit Make yake zaune - yana jiran ɗaukar fansa kan miyagun halayensu domin ya saki gagarumin kogi wanda ke nan kusa.