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Wuhti, whom they considered as their mother afterwards. "You 

 shall own these, they shall be yours," the Sun said once more to 

 Huniing Wuhti, for which she thanked him. 



The latter then put the Sun into an opening in the floor of the 

 house, through which the Sun departed with the vessel containing 

 the birds. After having passed through the opening, the Sun re- 

 turned under the earth to the east again, and when he came out he 

 turned over the land which belonged to Huruing Wuhti, and which 

 had been under water, and by so doing made the world (tiiwakachi) 

 land. The Sun at once noticed a great many beings come out of the 

 water and moving about on the shore of the land. He first called 

 them the Water Lice (bd-atuhtu), but when he had risen to the 

 middle of the sky he noticed that they were people, and he called them 

 White People (Bah^nas), some Spaniards (Castflians) , and others 

 Mormons (Mamona). He then poured out of the jar all the birds, 

 which then went flying around in the"*air and increased. 



From this time on the Sun always went towards the west, enter- 

 ing the house of Huruing Wuhti, passing out below, and returning 

 to the east again. When he came there this time Huruing Wuhti said : 

 "Have you come?" "Yes," the Sun said. "Thanks," the Huru- 

 ing Wuhti replied, "let us create something again. What have you 

 found out?" "Yes," the Sun said, "land has come out every- 

 where, and everything is beautiful, and the water is beautiful, too, 

 Now, to-morrow when I shall rise there will be blossoms and flowers and 

 grass all over the land." "Very well," Huruing Wuhti said, "but 

 let us make something now again. What shall we make?" Here- 

 upon she fed the Sun honey, and other good food. When the Sun 

 was through eating, Huruing Wuhti again said : " Well, now, what shall 

 we make? Let us use the covering again," placing the same cover- 

 ing that they had used upon the floor. Hereupon Huruing Wuhti 

 rubbed her legs and feet, rubbing off some more particles of cuticle. 

 These she took into her hands, working them into a small ball, which 

 she placed on the floor, and covered it up with the mochdpu. They 

 then again took hold of the four comers of the covering, Huruing 

 Wuhti singing a song. Soon something moved under the covering and 

 the crying of a little child was heard, which soon said: "I am hot, 

 I am perspiring." They uncovered it and found a little maiden. 

 "O my!" Huruing Wuhti said: "Only one has been created. That 

 is not good, it must not be this way. " Hereupon she put on the cov- 

 ering again and then repeated the song. Soon a second voice was 

 heard, and removing the covering they found a little boy, the little 

 brother of the mana. His first sound was a groan as that of a 



