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April 26. — Ma'ndu is good. I see another sun, he helps nie. 



April 27. — Ma'ndu is good. I see another sun. All people 

 [who are] bad say no one is whatsoever good, all [are] bad. Ma'ndu 

 says yes in his book. Anyone can read, then will he know every- 

 thing is as Ma'ndu says. 



April 28. — Rain, windy last evening. Rain yesterday and to-daj', 

 ma3'be not because I think so, as when it is wet I do not like it. 



April 29. — Rain, because exceedingly Ma'ndu is eood as I see 

 another day. 



May 1. — It is good here earh' in the morning. I see the sun. 

 Ma'ndu is good to me. 



May 2. — Ma'ndu is good because he helps me so that [I] get up 

 now. Already noon, I have eaten my dinner. Thank you [for] 

 food.^' Almost night. To-night. The day has hurried awaj^, 

 since can not anj"one get ahead [of it]. He must close up.^'* 



May 3. — Ma'ndu is good, he gives me my breath and strength. 



May 4- — I see another sun. Ma'ndu is good because all things 

 come from him. He his own them all has made. Ma'ndu is very 

 great, he is sorry for people because they do not love good things, 

 so that they may come [where] he is staying in heaven. Perhaps 

 they think dv'hi' can help anyone. He can not help himself. Di"bv 

 is evil, he wants all people [to be] bad. They are, too! 



May 5. — Ma'ndu is good because I have my strength from him, 

 Ma'ndu. 



May 6. — It is a good sun, rising clear. 



May 7. — The sun I can not see. Ma'rulu is good, rising in my 

 heart. Ma'ndu dwells in all the world. Perhaps I need Ma'ndu, 

 my help when I feel badly, will I call for Ma'ndu. 



May S. — I slept last evening. Ma'ndu is good because I do not 

 fear anything. Sunday to-day. I put fire [in the] pasture.^" 



May 9. — Rain here early in the morning, rain. Ma'ndu is good 

 because he knows we need water so that potatoes will come [up] 

 aud hay, so that creatures " will eat hay, so that they will not die of 

 hunger. That is why people must love Ma'ndu, because Ma'ndu 

 knows all things, can do all things to-daj" and to-morrow, and his 

 strength is so great [that] this earth he created. [You] must [linow 

 how] very great is his work. 



'" Litcr.illy " Sufficient is that food." 



s« Tile meaning here is based upon inference. I can correlate gup only with gu'pkiiad, "cloudy, closed 

 ■Jay," Massachusetts, (N"aticlc) kuppi., close!. 

 » The meaning is "I burned over the pasture." 

 " "Cattle" are the creatures referred to. 



