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that now the earth here present is hirge? Now, there are two floating 

 islands. I desire that, probably, it shall thus come to pass that I will 

 add still to these that there shall be four floating islands. So it is my 

 need that it should give daylight to the whole Hao°'hwendjiy- 

 awa'k'ho"' sent me here." Now, at that time the man replied and 

 said, "Now, it is a long time during which I have watched for you to 

 remember me. It is known that I have had my eyes on what has 

 befallen thj^ person in the place where thou goest about. So now I 

 am fully prepared to do thus in the matter which has become a dif- 

 ficulty for thee. So thus it shall come to pass. So on the underside 

 of the sky present here, there in space I will attach my person, so 

 that thus it shall come to pass from a certain distance thence I 

 shall start and customarily I will return again to the place whence I 

 started. Thus customarily I shall rest myself. Thus it shall con- 

 tinue to be as long as the earth present here below shall endure, so 

 I myself will care for as many things as thou wilt leave on the earth 

 present here. I also will continue to warm the earth present here." 



Now De'hae°'hiyawa"kho°' said, "Now thus has been fulfilled 

 the kind of thing I continued to need. So now the Sunflower which 

 I planted shall continue so, for verily as to that it shall continue to 

 be the measm-e of thy continuing approach when thou givest day- 

 light." 



At that time this man said, "I, as is known, have thy dear grand- 

 mother as my youngest sister, and that is the cause that now it is a 

 long time during which I have watched that she might remember me. 

 So it depends upon thee thyself what manner of things thou shalt do 

 in that verily thy brother beheaded thy mother, that only her head 

 lies in the place where thy dear grandmother abides. If thou shouldst 

 be pleased that thou shouldst assign her the dut}' that she too should 

 move, so that she and I would aid one another, if so be it be possible, 

 because verily the things which thy brother O'ha'a' is doing are 

 matters for anxious thought. It is known that he will attempt to 

 make a mockery of all things, that thus he will do the kind of thmgs 

 that he will see that thou art making. 



"So then thou didst right in what you did in that you two separated 

 a small distance. It will cause him difficulties. Just that also is to 

 come to pass in the future, during the time the earth will continue 

 to be present, that he will attempt, it is known, to destroy thy rule." 

 Now De'hae°'hiyawa"kho"' said, "We verily perhaps in our own 

 two persons shall settle this whole matter. If so it be that he shall 

 do thus, do not thou thyself attach thy body until I myself will 

 speak thence; onl.v then shalt thou do thus; only that will result in 

 good. So when thus it shall come to pass all people on the earth 

 present here below will become aware when thou shalt use the power 

 of thy name." 



