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This is the beHef which these- Indians had about the creation of the 

 world and their origin ; and in the narration of this fable alone we see 

 included and comprised all the usages, customs and ceremonies of the 

 Indians of this Mission and vicinity with slight variation. 



I consider that the reader is in suspense after reading the above ac- 

 count and that he is desirous of learning what became of the children 

 and descendants of Ouiot, after Chinigchinix created the Indians from 

 the mud of the lake, since we have made no further mention of them. 

 According as some relate, the God Chinigchinix after making the In- 

 dians, transformed them [the race of Ouiot] into people or Indians like 

 themselves, and to this account I adhere as being the one more reason- 

 able and congruous, because of what we have said above about the 

 power and faculty which Chinigchinix gave them [the race of Ouiot] 

 of producing seeds and game, and about those who hold themselves to 

 be their descendants claiming to have that power yet. Others tell that 

 when they [the race of Ouiot] saw the Indians which Chinigchinix 

 had made, they [the race of Ouiot] departed to another region, and it 

 is not known where, and that they have not been seen more. Others tell 

 other things which I am not taking time to write, considering them the 

 forgings of their crude brains. 



