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As the newly created being was in liis own likeness, Earthmaker 

 felt quite proud of him, so he made three more just like htm. He 

 made them powerful so that they might watch over the earth. These 

 first four he made chiefs of the Thunderbirds. And he thought, 

 ' 'Some will I make to live upon the earth of those I have created." So 

 he made four more beings in his own likeness. Just like the others 

 he made them. They were brothers — Kunuga, Henagga, Hagaga, 

 and NaqTiga. He talked to them and said, ' 'Look down upon the 

 earth." So saying, he opened the heavens in front of where thej' sat 

 and there they saw the earth (spread out below them). He told 

 them that they were to go down there to live. "And this I shall 

 send with you," he added, and he gave them a plant. "I myself 

 shall not have any power to take this from you, as I have given it to 

 you; but when of your own free will you make me an offering of 

 some of it, I shall gladly accept it and give you what you ask. This 

 shall you hold foremost in your lives." It was a tobacco plant that 

 he had given them. He said, also, "All the spirits that I create will 

 not be able to take this from you unless you desire to give it, by calling 

 upon them during fasts and offering it to them. Thus only can the 

 spirits get any of it. And this also I send with you that you may use 

 it in life. When you offer anything it shall be your mediator. It 

 shall take care of you through life. It shall stand in the center of 

 your dwellings and it shall be your grandfather." Thus he spoke to 

 them. What he meant was the fire. And then he gave them the 

 earth to live upon. 



So the four Thunder spirits brought the four brothers down to the 

 earth. The oldest one, Kunuga, said, while on their way down, 

 ' 'Brother, when we get to the earth and the first child is born to me I 

 shaU call him Cliief-of-the- Thunders, if it be a boy." On they came 

 down toward the earth. When they got near the earth it began to 

 get very dark. Then the second brother said, ' 'Brother, when we 

 get to the earth and a child is born to me, if it is a girl it shall be 

 called Dark." They came to a place called Within Lake^ at Ked 

 Banks, a lake near Green Bay. On an oak tree south of the lake is 

 the place where they alighted. The branch they alighted on bent 

 down from their weight. Then said the third brother to his brothers, 

 ' 'The first daughter born to me shall be called She-who-tveighs-the- 

 tree-doum-woman." Then they alighted on the earth, but the 

 Thunder spu'its did not touch the earth. Then said the fourth and 

 last brother to his brothers, ' 'Brothers, the first son that is born to 

 me shall be called He-who-alights-on-the-earth." The first thing they 

 did on earth was to start their fire. 



Then Earthmaker looked down upon them and saw that he had 

 not prepared an}^ food for them, so he made the animals that they 



6 This lake is probaljly Green Bay itself. 



