BOAS] HANDBOOK OF AMERICAlf INDIAN LANGUAGES 965 



. . . Again he made a man; and when he had finished him, he called 

 him Tortoise. At the conclusion of his thinking (i. e., when he had 

 come to consciousness) he had made the two-legged walkers (human 

 beings). (Then he spoke to him thus: "The evil spirits) are about to 

 destro}" (my creation), and you, Tortoise, are being sent to bring order 

 into earthly things again." Then (Earth-Maker) gave him a knife. 

 When he came on earth, he began to make war, and did not look after 

 the creation (of Earth-Maker) ; indeed, he did not look after it; so (Earth- 

 Maker) took him back. . . . There he (the Hare) went into the house. 

 "Say, grandmother, the work my father sent me to do 1 have now 

 accomplished; his creation 1 have fixed for him, and (all that 1 was 

 sent out for) I have accomplished. The lives of ui}^ uncles and my 

 aunts (human beings) will be like mine (i. e., immortal)." (Then the 

 grandmother answered,) "Grandson, how did you make the lives of 

 your uncles and your aunts like your own, for how could you do some- 

 thing in a way our father had not (intended) it to be? He could not 

 create them thus." — "My grandmother must be related to them (those 

 1 have killed); she does not like what I have done, for she is saying 

 that 1 killed them (the evil spirits)." The Hare thought to himself. 

 "No, grandson, I am not thinking of that, I am saying that our 

 father made death, so that there should not be a dearth of food on earth 

 for all, so death he made to prevent their overcrowding each other. 

 He also made a spirit-world (in which they were to live after death)." 

 But the Hare did not like what she said. " Surely," he thought to 

 himself, "grandmother (does not like it); she must be related to the 

 (evil spirits), for she is taking their part." — "No, no, grandson, it 

 is not so; but as you have been sore at heart for a long time, (to 

 appease you) your uncles and aunts will obtain a sufficient number of 

 years, and they will attain to old age." (Thus she spoke:) "Now, 

 grandson, stand up, (you) they will follow me forever, and 1 shall 

 follow you forevei-; so try, grandson, to do (what I tell you) with all 

 your power; and (remember) that you are a man. Do not look back 

 after j^ou have started." Then they started to go around (this earth). 

 "Do not look back," she said. (Thought the Hare,) "(I wonder) why 

 she said it ! " And then he turned just the least little bit to the left ; 

 and as he looked back toward the place from which he had started, 

 everything caved in (instantaneously). "Oh, my! oh, my!" (exclaimed 

 the grandmother), "grandson, a man you are, but I thought j^ou were 

 a great man, so I greatly encouraged you. Now, grandson, even (if 

 I wished to), 1 could not prevent death." This, it is said, she meant. 

 Around the earth they went to the edge of the fire (that encircles the 

 earth); that way they went, it is said. 



