[36] Approximately one place. It is east of Fort Mohave, north of Avi-veskwi, and marked by an exposure of whitish sand at the foot of the mesa. Selye'aya-itšierqe is "excrement-sand," but a different place from that previously so named (note [24]).
20. As they stood there, they saw Avi-veskwi.[37] They said: "We will not go there, but look at it from here." It was midnight now. (1 song.)
[37] Boundary Cone, an unusually sharp peak between the Black Mountain range and Mohave valley.
21. They went on until they came near Ikumnau-tšumi, Aha-kwi-nyamasave, and Hatoδike.[38] They stood at the foot of the mesa below these places. Jaguar and Mountain Lion caused them to stop there. The male said: "This night is bad; it is not an ordinary night." But the female said: "Yes, it is usual; you will see. It is dark, and the stars are bright, it is cold, and there is a little breeze. Can you not feel it? It is cool. It is just an ordinary night." (2 songs.)
[38] All three are visible from the town of Needles. Ikumnau-tšumi is at the brink of the plateau that forms the eastern edge of the valley. Aha-kwi-nyamasave ("white water") is a large whitish depression—one of the four places at which Frog emerged after causing Matavilya's death. Hatoδike is a blackish ridge below this.
22. Then they folded their legs and laid their jaws on the gravel. Jaguar saw that; he saw them lying there, though he was far in the west. Now the male heard what (Jaguar) said and got up. He said: "It is a bad night; I have dreamed bad. I think I shall not live long." Waking the female, he said: "I will tell you what I have dreamed: I dreamed bad. I know what will happen. There are four mountains which Numeta and Hatekulye named. They are large mountains, Avi-waθa, Avi-kwame, Amaṭ-ke-hoalye, and Avi-melyehweke.[39] They said: 'When you have come to Avi-waθa and to Avi-kwame and have crossed the river, you will come to a bad place.' Now we have arrived here and I have had bad dreams. We will go on, and on another mountain I shall die. It is night and the stars are flying. They told us about that too. They said: 'The stars will fly[40] and will seem to fall and strike your body.' That is how it is: I shall die; I shall be a ghost."[41] (9 songs.)
[39] Respectively, New York Mountains, Dead (Newberry) Mountain, Walapai Mountains in Arizona, and (Avi-melyehweke) a large peak or range in Arizona. This last is said to be not far from the river, east of Parker; but several ranges converge toward the river here, pointing westward and northwestward.
[40] A meteor, Hamuse-'amai-kuvuhwere, is an omen of the death of a prominent man.
[41] Nyaveδi.
23. They went on from there until they came to Maθkweha and Tšamokwilye-kwiδauve, but passed by. They came to Aha-kuvilye[42] and followed up the wash from there until they reached the mesa. Then they said: "I will give this place a name: I call it Avi-kwaθanye.[43] All will know that." (1 song.)[44]