Most Ute accounts agree that they had long black hair and cried like infants. Utes apparently believed Pawapicts came in various shapes and sizes. The lakes or streams into which they were submerged became the victims’ homes. Then it became the task of the new Water Indians to lure other people into the water or swallow them and carry them into the depths. Pahahpooch’s life in the water must have been a very lonely one, and eventually he tempted or forced others into the water to become Water Indians like him. The feline creature eventually threw Pahahpooch into the middle of the lake and said, “You will stay in the water all the time now and people will call you Water Indian.” When the prearranged match began, the two grappled beside a large expanse of water. It is possible that this account and other similar tales were attempts on the part of the Native Americans to explain what happened to their people who had drowned.īefore challenging Wildcat to a wrestling bout, Pahahpooch had thrown all of his other contestants and had never lost a contest. According to one account published by the Uintah-Ouray Ute Tribe in the book Stories of Our Ancestors, Pawapicts came into existence as the result of a wrestling match between a very stout man named Pahahpooch and Wildcat. There are various Utah Indian tales relating how these water beings came into existence.
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