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In very ancient times, there lived at Tâ′ia,9 below the Zuni Mountains, an old shíwani or priest-chief, who had a young son named Héasailuhtiwa ("Metal-hand"), famed throughout the land of the Zunis for his success in hunting.
When very young, this lad had said to his parents: "My old ones, let me go away from the home of my fathers and dwell by myself."