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to others he said: "You belonj; to tlie c()yot(', the bear, tlie eagle 

 people," and so on. 



After Siis'sistinnako liad nearly perfected his cieation for Ha'arts 

 (the earth), he thought it would be well to have rain to water the 

 earth, and so he created the cload, lightning, thunder, and rainbow 

 peoples to work for the people of Ha'arts. This second creation was 

 separated into six divisions, one of which was sent to each of the car- 

 dinal points and to tlie zenith and nadir, each division making its 

 home in a sirring in the heart of a great mountain, upon whose summit 

 was a giant tree. The Sha'-ka ka (spruce) Avas on the mountain of the 

 north; the Shwi'-ti-ra-wa-ua (pine) on the mountain of the west; the 



Fm. 11.— Stampers starting to work. 



Mai'-chi-na (oak) — Quercus undulata,variety Gambelii — on the mountain 

 of the south; the Shwi'-si-uiha'-na-we (aspen) on the mountain of the 

 east; the Marsh'-ti-tiiiiio (cedar) on the mountain of the zenith, and 

 the Mor'-ri-ta-mo (oak), variety pungens, on the mountain of the nadir. 

 While each division had its home in a sjtring, Siis'sistinnako gave to 

 these people Ti'-ni-a, the middle plain of tlie world (the world was 

 divided into three parts: Halirts, the earth; Ti'nia, the middle plain, 

 and Hu'-wa-ka, the upper plain), not only for a working held for the 

 benefit of the people of Ha'arts, but also for their pleasure ground. 



Not wishing this second creation to be seen by the people of Ha'arts 

 as they jiassed about over Ti'nia, he commanded the Sia to smoke, that 



