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earth, entering auotlier world. As soon as he saw the world, he re- 

 turned to tJt's6t saying, "It is good above." tJt'sCt then called the 

 Tiio' pi (badger), and said to him, "Make a door for us; the 'Si'ka has 

 made one, but it is very small." "Very well, mother; I will," replied 

 the badger ; and after much work he passed into the world above, and 

 returni7ig said, "Mother, I haAe opened the way." tJt'set is appealed 

 to, to the present time, as father and mother, for she acts directly for 

 Sfis'sistinnako, the creator. The badger said, "Mother, father, the 

 world above is good." tlt'set then called the deer, saying to him, 

 "Yoa go first, and if you pass through all right, if you can get your 

 head through, others may pass." The deer after ascending returned 

 saying, "Father, it is all right; I passed without trouble." She then 

 called the elk, and told him if he could get his head through the door, 

 all C(ml(l pass. He returned, saying, "Father, it is good; I passed 

 without trouble." She then had the buffalo try and he returned, say- 

 ing, "Father, mother, the door is good; I passed without trouble." 



trt'set then called the I shits {l^cuf((ha'ii!i) and gave him the sack of 

 stars, telling him to pass out tiist with the sack. The little animal did 

 not know what the sack contained, but he grew very tired carrying it, 

 and he wondered what could be in the sack. After entering the new 

 world he was very tired, and laying the sack down he thought he 

 would peep into it and see its contents. He cut only a tiny hole, but 

 immediately the stars began Hying out and filling the heavens every- 

 where. The little animal was too Tired to return to tlt'set, who, how- 

 ever, soon joined him, followed by all her people, who came in the 

 order above mentioned. After the turkey passed out the door was 

 tirndy closed with a great rock so that the waters below could not fol- 

 low them. When Ut'set looked for her sack she was astonished to find 

 it nearly empty and she could not tell where the contents had gone; 

 the little animal sat by, very scared, and sad, and tJt'set was angry 

 with him and said, "You are very bad and disobedient and from this 

 time forth you shall be blind," (and this is the reason the scarabieus has 

 no eyes, so the old ones say). The little fellow, however, had saved 

 a few of the stars by grabbing the sack and holding it fast; these 

 tTt'set distributed in the heavens. In one group she placed seven stars 

 (the great l)ear), in another three (part of Orion,) into another group 

 she placed the Pleiades, and throwing the others far oft' into the 

 heavens, exclaimed, "All is well!" 



The cloud, lightning, thunder, and rainbow peoples followed the Sia 

 into the iipper world, making their homes in springs similar to those 

 they had occupied in the lower world; these springs are also at the 

 cardinal points, zenith and nadir, and are in the hearts of mountains 

 with trees upon their summits. All of the people of Tinia, however, did 

 not leave the lower world; only a portion were sent by Sfis'sistinnako 

 to labor for the people of the upper world. The cloud people are so 

 numerous that, though the demands of the iJcople of the earth are great, 



