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made." Now verily they two started. They arrived at the place 

 when O'ha'ii' said, "Here verily do thou look. I myself completed 

 the body of this bird." Then De'hae°'hiyawa"kho°' looked and said, 

 "That is all right. There is no reason why they should not travel 

 about over the earth present here. Verily those things can do no 

 harm to anything. So they shall continue to be called butterfly." 



Now the mind of O'ha'a' was gratified. Then again he said, 

 "Now only one thing is left that thou shalt see. Truly I believe that 

 I made a mistake in it, seemingly. Now as to them thou then shalt 

 decide what thing thou shalt do when thou seest them. 



Then at that time they two started. When they arrived at the 

 shore of the lake there they two saw many beings. Then O'ha'ii' 

 said, "Behold then these beings flying about are what I meant when 

 I told thee. As to them I believe that I have made pigeons." 



Then De'hae°'hiyawa"kho°' looked at them and said, "Hither do 

 ye come." At once they came flying to the place where he stood. 

 So then he spoke and De'hae°'hi3''awa"kho'" said, "Verily, it is not 

 ordained that things having fur and having teeth should be in the 

 habit of flying about. For it would not result in any good that 

 ye commingle with these things which are covered with feathers 

 and fly by day. So that perhaps would result in good that ye 

 divide yourselves into two parts when all things have been com- 

 pleted. And it is known that it shall so come to pass that only for 

 a certain length of time there will be daylight on the earth present 

 here. Then at that time darkness will come over it, and after a 

 certain duration then again daylight shall come. So there those 

 beings which have feathers shall continue to go about during the time 

 that there shall be daylight; and when darkness comes over it then 

 as to them they shall keep still. And not until that time ye in your 

 turn shall travel about again. It is known that it would not be good 

 that in broad daylight those beings who are covered with fur should 

 fly about and should have teeth. So there in that place among the 

 trees ye shall dwell." Now at that time O'ha'a' was astonished at 

 the kind of things that liis brother said. Now De'hae°'hiyawa"- 

 kho"' said, "Behold, I now go back home. So now thou in thy 

 turn shall come to visit my home. Thou shalt come to examine what 

 kind of things I myself am doing." Now at that time they two 

 separated, and then De'hae°'hiyawa"kho'" went liome. 



When he again returned to the place where his lodge stood he 

 then of course thought about many things; he thought that it woidd 

 be good that ho should make what would be an orb here present, 

 which should light up the earth present here below. Now at that 

 time he started. He went thither to the place where stood the 

 house of Hao°'hwcndjiyawa'k'ho°'. 



When he arrived there he then said, "I have come to this place to 

 ask about my intention to make an orb of liglit to be present, which 



