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grass and inside the house, at the right side, he threw it and it became 

 white mats spread out. Then he threw a bear-skin hide in the house 

 on the right side, and it extended along the length of the lodge. 

 Then he made a white deer-hide extend along the entire length of the 

 lodge, on the right side. A door he made of a real living mountain 

 lion. This he did in order to prevent bad spu-its from entering. At 

 the door, on the west side, he placed a buffalo bull, and when this 

 all was completed, he looked inside the lodge and then he heard 

 these animals bellowing and roaring, it is said. Inside of the lodge, 

 it was light. 



Then he started for the lodge, fu-st going for his friends. "Well, 

 my friends, I am through; the house I have finished. Grandmother, 

 stand up, for we are going to follow." He walked behind and when 

 they came to the door, the fear-inspiring lion snapped his teeth, as 

 he stood there. Then they went in and walked around the lodge 

 until they came to the place where they had entered and they sat 

 down. Then Hare sent a number of public criers, a bear and a wolf, 

 to traverse the entire length of the earth. Along with them were sent 

 the winged messengers, the common crow and the shrieking crow. 



When the animals that had started first returned, their bodies were 

 old and devoid of hair, and they supported themselves on staffs. 

 When the birds who had gone returned, their wings were worn out, 

 their eyebrows lapped over their eyes, and they looked very old 

 indeed. They came in front of Hare's seat and said to him, "Your 

 uncles and aimts, when they speak of you, will speak of you forever 

 in praise. We have placed many life-giving objects within the 

 lodge." "Well, my friends, it is good. This is what I meant. I 

 thank you in the name of my uncles and aimts." 



Then all the messengers who had been above on the earth, etc., all 

 of them came. The four very first men he had created also came. 

 They all stood at the door ready to enter. The oldest one started in, 

 but he turned back, being afraid of the animals within. Tlxree of 

 them were afraid and therefore failed to enter. Then the youngest 

 opened the door for them and led them in. After he entered, they, 

 in turn, walked around the lodge, and when they got to the door. 

 Hare placed the eldest one there and said, "My elder brother, this is 

 your seat, the east one." Then he walked around again and at the 

 north end he stopped and made the second one sit down. Then he 

 walked around and, stopping in the west, made the third one sit 

 there. Then, finally, he put the fourth one in the south seat, and 

 went to his own seat and sat down. 



Now all the other spirits began to enter the lodge. Then the first 

 people came in and four were made to sit in the east and four were 

 made to sit with each of the four seats. The people were of the 



