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76 LaucHiNGg Boy AAA A A A A A A A AAA A AAA A AAA AANA AA AAA Arn | ‘But this is not a hogahn, it is a house. Did aa American make it?’ | ‘No, a Mexican built it. He went away to herd sheep, and I took it.’ He stepped inside.” ‘It does not smell like | Mexicans.’ ‘I have been here a long time. Yellow Singer made the House Song for me. Is it not good> The door is to the east, like a hogahn.’ ‘Yes, it is good. It is better than a hogahn, I think; it is bigger and the rain will not coms! through. It will be good summer and winter.” He hobbled the horses. ‘There is not much grass by} that spring; we shall have to find pasture.’ ‘There is a little pasture just down there yom can use. You must not let the horses run all over the place; this is American country. The Navajo country begins across the railroad track. There is good pasture just this side of Natahnetinn Mesa, } enough for many horses. You must keep them up} there.’ She lit a fire in front of the house. ‘You have no loom. There is no sheep-pen.’ ‘I have been alone. I have had no one to weave| for, and no sheep.’ ‘How do you live?’ She was laying the big logs over the first flame.] ‘I work a little bit, now and then, for the mis