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346 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY NUMBER 23 Once there was . . . they saw that there was a bell there. They noticed that it was like [the stump of] a pine tree. They thought it was a pine tree, since they saw the redness. They tried to chop it down. But you see it struck off sparks. They saw that it was metal, not wood. They looked at it. They had thought it was pine, because it was just like pine. The redness showed, it seems. They looked at it. "This is a bell!" they said, since it's rim was above ground. They went to make the announcement it seems. Men came to dig it up. They were going to dig it up. The work began. The work began. They were going to dig up the bell. They had almost gotten it. Very little was needed for it to come out. But you see, all the men went down to the stream. They went to drink water. When they finished drinking the water the bell had sunk more and more. It's hole was deeper and deeper, too, so that it couldn't come out. They prayed. They just offered candles and prayed and so on. But it never, it never ... it went in very deep because they had abandoned it. They abandoned it. They forgot it. They went to drink water. What they should have done, what they should have done, then, was to have sent an order for the water to be carried up the mountain. They should have drunk it there. But they went to the stream. All the workers went. They went to drink water. When they returned it had sunk down deeper in the bottom [of the pit]. Little by little it was left that way. They didn't get it. It disappeared. It went in there. They abandoned it. They couldn't dig it out anymore. That's the way it was left. But it was a very deep hole that they dug. But they never got it. It went in. It stayed there. They never . . . they abandoned it. They were worn out. They saw that it went on sinking, went on sinking. There was no way for them to dig it out. When they saw it before, the top of the bell was much more visible. But you see, when they were distracted and went to drink water, maybe [the bell] didn't like that. They abandoned it. They abandoned it. Maybe its soul was taken by a robber. It was taken by a robber. It just disappeared, it seems. They couldn't dig it out. Manvel lays the blame for the loss of the bell quite explicitly on the workers who abandoned it. Unlike other versions (T76, T114, T157), the bell does not fly off in the sky but merely sinks into the ground. But lest it be assumed that this is a Why the Bell Sank T91 7A li vo7nee che7e, 7oy la, 7iyil la ti 7oy la te jun kampanae, te to 7ox pasuk kwenta k'u cha7al toj. Bweno, xak' la tojuk, komo yil ti tzoje, 7isboj 7ox la 7un. Pero buy, 7itil la 7un, 7iyil ti tak'in mu te7uk, 7isk'elik ti xak' la tojuk yu7un komo ko7ol k'u cha7al toj tzoj yilel xvinaj la 7un. Va7i 7un, 7iskelik 7une. "7A H7e kampanae!" xiik la. Komo te la li schikin ta sba li lum 7une. Bweno, ba la yal ya7el mantal, ba la xtal viniketik sjok' 7un, tzjok'ik 7ox 7un. Bweno, 7och 7abtel 7un, 7och la 7abtel 7un, tzjok'ik i kampana 7ox 7une, jutuk xa la sk'an staik xa 7ox 7un jutuk xa sk'an xlok' 7ox ta j-mek. Buy 7un, skotol la viniketik 7iyalik ta 7uk'um, ba la yuch'ik vo7 7un, k'al laj yuch' vo7e mas xa, mas xa, 7a li 7iyal li kampana noxtoke, mas xa, mas xa nat sch'enal noxtok 7un, yo7 ti muk' xlok' 7o 7une. Bweno, 7iyalik 7un, naka xa la 7iyak'beik kantela spasbeik sresal k'ustik 7un, pero mu xa bu, mu xa bu, 7i7och la ech'el ta j-mek porke yu7un 7iyiktaik 7un, 7iyiktaik, ch'aybat sjolik 7un, ba la yuch'ik vo7, yechuke, 7a ti yechuke che7e, 7istakik mantal 7imuy ech'el li vo7 ta vitze, te yuch'ik ti yechuke, yan Ie7e batik k'al 7uk'um, bat la skotol li j7abtejeletike, ba yuch'ik vo7 7un, k'al 7iyul tal 7une, ta schak 7une mas xa nat yalem noxtok 7un. Va7i 7un, te k'un 7ikom 7o yech 7un, muk' staik, ch'ay 7un, te 7och ech'el te, yiktaik komel, mu xa stak' jok'el 7un, te kom 7o yech 7un, pero nat ch'en 7isjok'ik ta j-mek pero muk' 7ox bu staik, te 7och ech'el te la kom 7o 7un, muk' xa bu yiktaik 7o, te la lubik 7un, yil yak chyal yak chyale, mu xa k'u xut sjok' 7un, k'al 7iyilik to 7oxe, mas to 7ox te ta sba to 7ox, lek xvinaj to 7ox kampanae. Pero bu la 7un, k'alal 7ich'ay yo7onik 7a yuch'ik vo7e, mu nan sk'an yech, 7iyiktaik 7iyiktaik, bat nan ta j7elek' sch'ulel 7un, bat ta j7elek' 7un, solel 7ich'ay ya7el 7un, muk' staik ta jok'el 7un. "natural" event, Manvel reminds his listeners that perhaps the bell's "soul" was stolen. See also T76, T114, T157, and their notes.
Once there were many Spooks, long ago. Many, too many Spooks long ago. There weren't many people at all. There were few people—just women. It was nighttime when the Spooks arrived. There were many of them. They came to eat. That's what they did. The Spooks came to eat. One came. One arrived. There was a neighboring house nearby [near] where the Spook killed someone, killed that woman. It seems she was asleep next to the fireside. The fire was already hi—ssing with her blood. Now the other house was nearby. [The neighbor] lived nearby, like in a room next door. "Comadre, your corn boiled over," she said, for she thought that [her comadre] was making corn gruel, that she had boiled the corn. But no, it was her friend's blood! "Your corn boiled over," she said. Because [her comadre] had boiled the corn, boiled it. That's what the other [woman] thought. Since she lived nearby, that's what she thought, that the corn pot had turned over and spilled. But no, it was her friend's blood! The Spook answered. "The corn is ready, coma—dre," said the spook. "It's spilled, it's spilled, comadre, your corn has spilled!" said her friend. The Spook answered. "The corn is ready, coma— dre," said that Spook, you see. He went away. She died. That woman died. That was the end of her. He went, he went another night. All the women gathered together. They moved into one house. Now they weren't apart. Each house had been separate. There weren't many people at all. Just Spooks were abroad then. They gathered together one night. "But the devil will come tonight," they said. For the women were strong-hearted. They cooked a meal for him. They cooked a chicken. The broth was good. The Spook arrived. "Are you hungry? Eat!" they told him. "Well, I could eat," said the Spook. "Well, drink lots of broth, please drink the broth! We have broth," said the women. When they saw that he was drinking the broth, when his face was hidden a bit, then they thre—w the broth at him. It was very hot. They thre—w it at him. They killed the Spook. They killed him. The Spook died. He died. He died from the boiling water, but it was broth. They spilt broth, sprinkled it, spilt it. The MANVEL K'OBYOX 347 The Spook and the Comadre T67 7 A ti vo7ne, toj tol to 7ox la j7ik'al ti vo7ne, tol tol 7oy j7ik'al ta j-mek ti vo7ne, mu to 7ox bu 7ep krixchano, jutuk to 7ox krixchano, naka la 7antzetik 7un. Bweno, styempo la chk'ot ta 7ak'ubaltik ti j7ik'ale, te la ta j-mek, chk'ot ve7uk k'u la cha7ale, chk'ot ve7uk li j7ik'ale. Bu, 7a li june, 7a li tal la, xk'ot la 7oy la te nopol jun 7o na, te nopol 7un, buy 7imilvan la taj j7ik'ale, smil la taj 7antz 7une. Bweno 7a li, te la nopol ta ti7 k'ok' ya7el vayem 7une, ja7 la xpulule—t xa la li k'ok' ta sch'ich'el 7une. 7Ora, li jun 7o na 7une, nopol na 7une, k'u cha7al jun kwarto ya7el te nopol nakal 7une. "Kumale, mal xa lajuxe," xi. Yu7un la 7a li tzmeltzan 7ul slakanoj sjux ti yaloj 7une. Bu, xch'ich'el xa xchi7il. 7A li "7Imal xa lajuxe," xi la. Yu7un la slakanoj jux 7un, slakanoj, yu7un xa7uk la ja7uk la 7a ti jun 7une, komo nopol nakal ya7ele xa7uk la ja7uk 7imal 7ibutk'ij sp'inal li jux 7une. Bu, xch'ich'el xa xchi7ile, 7a li tak'av la li j7ik'ale. "Jux tale kuma—le," xi la li j7ik'al 7une. "Mal, mal, kumale, 7imal xa taj 7ajuxe yu7un!" xi la 7a li jun xchi7il 7une. 7Itak'av taj j7ik'al 7une. "Jux tale kumaleee," xi la 7un, taj j7ik'al 7une. Va7i 7un, 7a li bat la un, laj taj 7une, laj taj 7antze, laj 7o sk'oplal 7un. Bweno, bat la bat xa ta jun 7o 7ak'ubale, 7istzob la sbaik skotol li 7antzetik 7une, 7ispas sbaik ta jun na 7un, muk' xa ch'akalik, slekoj to 7ox snaik ju-p'ej 7une, mu to 7ox bu 7ep li krixchanoe, naka la j7ik'al chanav to 7ox 7un. Bweno, 7istzob sbaik jun 7ak'ubal 7une. "Pero ta xtal ti pukuj tana," xiik la 7un. Yu7un 7onox tzotz yo7on li 7antzetike, 7islakanbeik la sve7el 7un, slakan jun kaxlan, lek la kalto. Bweno, k'ot la ti j7ik'al 7une. "Mi chave7, ve7an!" xutik la 7un. "Bweno stak' xive7," xi li j7ik'al. "Bweno, 7a li kaltoe, 7uch'an me ta j-mek 7un, 7uch'an me li kalto 7oy me li kalto," xi la li 7antzetik 7un. K'alal 7iyilik ta xuch' i kalto 7une, ja7 7o la k'al mak j-tz'uj 7i ssat 7une ja7 7o la sk'e—bbeik i kalto, k'ok' ta j-mek 7une, sk'e—bbeik 7ismilik la li j7ik'al 7une, 7ismilik, 7icham i j7ik'al 7une, laj, ta k'ak'al vo7 7ilaj pero kalto 7un, kalto smal ma71taik 7un smal, xak' 7istzob sbaik li 7antzetike, yak' yan 7o
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