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*'Now, people, I want all of you to watch and listen to me that 

 you may do these things in your favor and to lighten your footsteps. 

 On behalf of my Flat-Pipe, I want to say that there will be four paints 

 scattered and be sure that you know them perfectly," said he, as he 

 glanced at the Flat-Pipe. So this man then took up a small heap of 

 earth, and said, with strong voice, "This shall be the black paint 

 (wahtapa, dark blood)," throwing it with a diving motion of the hand, 

 thus locating one Old-Man. Taking another small heap of earth, he 

 said, with strong voice, "This shall be a yellow paint (nehwana, 

 growing blood)," throwing it with diving motion of the iiand, thus 

 locating another Old-Man. Taking another small heap of earth, he 

 said with strong voice, "This shall be the red paint (hinawu, man's 

 blood)," throwing it with a diving motion of the hand, thus locating 

 another Old-Man. Taking another small heap of earth, he said, with 

 a strong voice, "This shall be the green paint (nagawthinash, eagle- 

 feather arm)," throwing it with a diving motion of the hand, thus 

 locating the fourth Old-Man. At the same time the paints were placed 

 at these cardinal points; thus were night, day, summer, and winter 

 announced. 



"Now, people, come closer and see how I am going to do for 

 your sake," said he to all around. So he took up some cottonwood 

 pith (thoksa, boiling-hide, an expression for brittle), and threw it 

 into the water. This pith of course sank into the water when thrown, 

 but came up quickly to the surface of the water. "This is the way all 

 of you people shall live on this earth," said the man, in solemn voice. 

 All the people saw it come up to the surface and thanked him for the 

 decision, but there was no answer from Nih'a"<;;a". 



Nih'a"(pa", stepping closer to the man, requested that he might 

 say a word relative to the life hereafter. "Well, let me know what 

 your ideas are for life hereafter, and the people can hear you plainly," 

 said the man, looking down at the ground with sympathetic expression. 

 "Say, the earth is not very large. I think, that if we should increase 

 rapidly, there would be no room for the rest, therefore another propo- 

 sition might be better," said Nih'a"(;;a", with eyes rolling briskly. 

 "Well, let us hear the proposition, and we will think about it," said 

 the man. So Nih'a^^a" got a pebble, and threw it into the water, 

 and it sank for good. "That is the way life should be hereafter," 

 said he. "All you people have heard distinctly of Nih'a"9a"'s 

 remarks relative to the life, and it is a plain one," said he, with low 

 but manly voice. 



"Now, since you have requested a share of this earth, I shall make 

 another one at another place for you. Beyond this there will be an 



