HEWITT! MYTH OF THE EARTH-GRASPER 511 



portion of his own blood and he inclosed it inside of his flesh; so also 

 did he take a portion of his power to see and he inclosed it in his 

 head ; so also he took a portion of his power to speak and he inclosed 

 it in the throat of the human being. Now at that time, too, he 

 placed his breath in the body of the human bemg. Just then the 

 human being came to life, i. e., the flesh, and he also arose and he 

 stood up on the earth here present. 



Now De'hae°'hiyawa"kho°' said, "Now verily I myself have 

 completed thy body; now verily it is possible that thou dost stand 

 on the earth present here. So now behold what the earth present 

 here contains. I myself verily have completed all. 



"Now then I have made thee thyself master on the earth present 

 here and also over what it contains. It will continue to give comfort 

 to thy mind. I have planted human beings on the earth for the 

 purpose that they shall beautify the earth by cultivating it, and 

 dwell therein." Now he saw that he the Elder Brother came up over 

 it and caused it to be daylight on the earth here present and that 

 the daylight was beautiful and the light rays were beautiful, and 

 it was agreeably warm. 



Now at that time De'hae°'hiyawa"kho'" said, "Do thou look at 

 that orb of light coming up over it, and that it is beautiful in causing 

 daylight to be on the earth and also it shall be an ever-present object 

 of thought, and also it shall continue to give pleasure to thy mind in 

 that it will continue to warm the days to come and next to them the 

 nights that shall come. That, too, thereby also all those things that 

 grow, also all the game animals, shall continue to live thereby on 

 the earth present here; all you who dwell here below on the earth 

 present here shall continue to live thereby." 



Now at that time he said, "So now thou shalt travel about on the 

 earth present here." 



Now at that time he said, "So thou wilt travel about on the earth 

 present here and thy opportunity to do so will last so long as that 

 thing at which you are looking causes it to be daylight, and when 

 the daylight will end darkness will fall over it. Now at that time 

 thou shalt rest so long as it continues to be dark; thus, too, it shall 

 come to be for the game animals, that they shall continue to rest 

 themselves from time to time. 



"Now I have completed what shall continue into the future; thus 

 it shall continue to be during the time that the earth will continue 

 on." 



At that time O'ha'a' and his grandmother now verily became 

 aware of what came to pass in that there came to be daylight. Now 

 verily also they two saw it come up over (the horizon), also that it 

 caused it to be daylight on the earth present here. At that time 

 O'ha'a' said, "Now at once I will go there to the place where stands 



