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Then at that time he let them go, all, and there were two individuals 

 each, one individual male and one individual female. At that time 

 they flew and now also they sang. Now O'ha'a' heard them talking 

 together thither in all manner of tongues, and they aU had beautiful 

 voices. 



Then O'ha'a' said, "Oh, grandmother, something is going on in 

 the direction of the place where stands the lodge of my brother. 

 Truly in that place there are loud sounds; they have fine voices." 

 His grandmother said, "There very soon thou and I shall go; thou 

 and I will go to see what is taking place there." 



Now De'hae°'hiyawa"kho"" said in his turn, "Verily I will make 

 the body of the thing which shall be called the deer." So then he 

 made its body; and next to it the moose and the buft'alo; all two 

 bodies apiece, one male and one female. Then he said, "Now I 

 have completed your bodies. So I planted things for the purpose 

 that ye shall breed here on the earth." So then he let them go and 

 they ran away . 



Now again De'hae°'hiyawa"kho°' said another thing, "So now 

 I will make that which shall be called passenger pigeon." So then 

 he made it; he made several bodies. They were two in number, one 

 body was male and the other body female. 



Then De'hae°'hiyawa"kho'" said, "Now again I will make another 

 thing and that is what shall be called a porcupine." Thus too he 

 made two flesh bodies; one was male and the other was female. 



Then again he said another thing. "Now in its turn I will make 

 that which shall be called wild turkey." Thus too he made two 

 bodies, one male and the other female, and then he said, "It is I 

 who finished your bodies. I have planted things for the purpose that 

 you shall breed yoiu- families here on the earth." 



At that tune then he let them go and so they flew away. 



Then at that time De'hae°'liiyawa"kho°' said, "Now in turn I 

 will make those things which shall have the habit of climbing and 

 which will inhabit dry lands; so then I wall make that which will be 

 called a bear." Now verUy he worked and he made two flesh bodies; 

 one was male and the other was female. 



Now again De'hae°'hiyawa"kho°' said, "Now I will make in its 

 turn what shall be called raccoon." And then he made two flesh 

 bodies ; one body was male and the other body was female in its turn. 



Now again De'hae°'hiyawa"kho°' said another thing, "I will make 

 another thing which shall be called beaver." So at that time he 

 made two bodies, one male and one female. As soon as he had com- 

 pleted them he then said, "I myself verily have completed your bodies. 

 I have planted things for the purpose of having you breed your families 

 here on the earth." And now he let them go and then in their turn 

 they went away. 



