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diately. Let us get ready. Our younger brother, he is patient and 

 strong-minded. On the earth he must go and we will remain here. 

 To take care of the home we will remain here. Whatever he says it 

 shall be so. In that wise will we think. Earthmaker has ordained 

 that the gathering shall take place and that we are to live our lives 

 there (on earth). Our younger brother he will go and live on the 

 earth. As he is about to go to the earth, we wnll ask him to remem- 

 ber us. 



"Younger brother, when you arrive on earth, whatever offerings 

 you obtain, send them back to us as you walk along. When you 

 start out you will appear with life. This you -will take with you. 

 This will be your task. Be careful that you perform everything 

 correctly. When you arrive there, it will be necessary to give 

 names to the himian beings and to their dogs. 



"Younger brother, when you start out toward the earth you will 

 be holy. And when you are on earth and your first boy is born, call 

 him He-who-is-very-black, and call the second one (wajiga) Brown- 

 bear, the third one Blue-bear, and the fourth one Wliite-bear. And 

 if girls are born to you, call the first one Night-walking-woman, the 

 second one Daylight-as-she-walks, the third one She-who-thrusts- 

 herself-within-a-lodge, and the fourth one Visible-footprint-woman. 

 And if your daughters have dogs which they wish to keep let them 

 give them the following names {wadogega, untranslatable) : Dog- 

 pair, Third-born-girl, and Eed-female-dog. Thus let it be." 



When they (the bears) started, those at the gathering place listened: 

 "Our soldiers have started; their whoops are audible." When the 

 bear came on earth, he came across some tracks. "Our friends have 

 gone by," he said. Finally the bears (man and woman) arrived at 

 the gathering place; there they found all the clans assembled. The 

 Water-spirit was the first one to come; then came the birds and 

 then the bears. When all were assembled, they began to construct 

 a large lodge. When it was finished, the one who had arrived first, 

 the Water-spirit, was addressed by some of the other people. "Our 

 chief, how are we going to make fire? Had you not better start?" 

 "True you speak, but I do not know how. I am unable. Let some 

 one else try it." But they all regretted and declined, saying they did 

 not know how. So it was decided that he who made a fire would be 

 chief. All thereupon tried, but only the Thunderbird succeeded. 

 So he became the chief and the others all thanked him. Then the 

 fire was distributed and all the clan fireplaces were made. Thus it 

 was at the creation council. Now all things were finished and 

 arranged. The Thunderbirds were the rulers of the village. The 

 other people measured their acts by him. When the chief said do 

 so and so, they would obey. Then the chief went out to look for 

 food for himself and for his people, and they began to bring back 

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