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out water and without food. He was about to die of thirst but he 

 continued until he reached the foot of a certain hill, on top of which 

 he could find shade under a tree that was growing there. There he 

 desired to die. It was with the greatest difficulty that he reached 

 the place and when he got there, he fell over on his back and lay 

 thus, with his body stretched toward the south, his head pillowed 

 against something. He extended his right arm to the west and his 

 left arm to the east, and as he did this, he felt something cool touch 

 his hands. "What is it?" he thought to himself. So he took the 

 one that was close to his right hand and brought it to his mouth and 

 ate it. There was water in it, although it also contained food. Then 

 he took the one close to his left hand and brought it to his mouth 

 and ate it. Then as he lay on the ground a holj' spirit entered him 

 and taking the spirit of the Indian carried it away to the regions 

 above. There he saw a man who spoke to him. "I have caused 

 }'ou to go through all this suffering, for had I not done it, you would 

 never have heard of the proper (religion). It was for that reason 

 that I placed holiness in what you have eaten. My Father gave it 

 to me and I was permitted to place it on the earth. I was also per- 

 mitted to take it back again and give it to some other Indians. 



"At present this religion exists in the south but now I wish to have 

 it extended to the north. You Indians are now fighting one another, 

 and it is for the purpose of stopping this, that you might shake hands 

 and partake of food together, that I am giving you this peyote. 

 Now 3'ou should love one another. Earthmaker is my father. Long 

 ago I sent this gospel across the ocean but you did not know of it. 

 Now I am going to teach you to understand it." Then he led loim 

 into a lodge where they were eating peyote. There he taught him 

 the songs and all that belonged to this ceremony. Then he said to 

 him, "Now go to your people and teach them all that I have told 

 you. Go to your people in the north and teach them. I have placed 

 my holiness in this that you eat. What my father gave me, that I 

 have placed therein." 



Then he told him to go home. He thought he had been dead, 

 but it was really his spirit that had left him. After a while the man 

 got well again. 



There were many peyote near the place where he was lying and 

 these he picked before he started. Then he went back to his lodge. 

 He thought he had been lost, but it seemed hardly possible to him 

 that this was the case. His being lost in the hills seemed to sjTnbolize 

 to him the condition of the people before they had eaten the peyote ; 

 they would be lost and then find their way again. 



On his return he built a peyote lodge and for four nights he taught 

 the people how to eat peyote. He did not, however, teach it as he 

 was told, nor did he teach it thoroughly. These to whom he taught 



