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Translation #39845

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.
'Yan asalin Pima na Arizona na cewa, uban dukkan mutane da dabbobi shi ne malam-b butterfly, Cherwit Make (mahaliccin kasa), wanda ya yi fuka daga cikin gizagizai ya sauka a kan Blue Cliffs [...] kuma daga gumin jikinsa ya halicci mutane. Yayin da mutane suka yawaita, sai suka zama masu son kai da rigima, sai Cherwit Make ya kyamaci aikinsa ya kuduri aniyar nutsar da su duka [...]

Akwai wani Hauk daya, wani aljani na duwatsu, wanda ya saci 'ya'yansu mata ya kashe 'ya'yansu maza. [...] Ya bi shi a hankali har zuwa Dutsen Superstition; ya sa magani a cikin giyar cactus da 'yarsa za ta ba shi; sa'an nan, da ya sha ta, sai Suha ya fito daga maboyarsa ya fasa kwakwalwar wannan mugun aljanin da maganin ya bugu da shi [...]

'Yan Pima sun yi imani da wannan annabcin matuka har ba za su ketare Dutsen Superstition ba, domin a can ne Cherwit Make yake zaune - yana jiran kololuwar muguntarsu don ya sako wani babban teku da ke tsare a bayan tsaunin ya mamaye duniya.