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present, which was very small at the Ijeginning, continues to in- 

 crease in size. Very soon now it will become extremely large. So 

 thus it was concerning these growing things, that they were few in 

 number at the beginning, and the game animals too wei-e few in" 

 number at the beginning, and so too was it in regard to the human 

 beings. So shall it come to pass with all. They will increase in 

 size and all will become numerous." 



Now O'ha'a' said, "Now verily I will return home. Thou, in 

 turn, then, wilt again go to the place where stands the lodge of us 

 two, of my dear grandmother and me." 



At that time O'ha'a' returned home. When he ai'rived there he 

 said, "Oh, grandmother, I have seen an astonishing thing at the 

 place where dwells De'hae'"hiyawa"kho°'. I saw a human being 

 whose body he had evidently made; and I asked De'hae°'hiyawa"- 

 kho"' who it is that has caused it so to be that there is bright day- 

 light. He said, 'He it is, verily, who is Elder Brother to us.'" At 

 that time the old woman said, "So verily now has been fulfilled 

 what my Elder Brother said when I departed from home, saying, 

 'I will arrive there where thou shalt continue to be.' He, verily, 

 whose name is De'hado°'hwendjiyeii'do'"s,'° he, as is known, 

 is my Elder Brother. So verily he means me when he says he is 

 Elder Brother to us." 



Now at that time O'ha'a' said, "Now I myself too will make a 

 hmnan being. When De'hae'"hiyawa"kho°' will come I shall have 

 it completed." And then he went out. 



At that time he began and he worked and he made a human being 

 as he thought it was. Just as soon as he completed it he said, "Listen, 

 now do thou stand upright. Do thou walk also." Now at that time 

 he leaped far yonder and he went into the water, and there verily he 

 immersed himself. So then in a short while he again thrust out his 

 head. At that time O'hu'a' said, "Do thou come hither." He 

 did not answer and neither did he move. 



Then at that time O'ha'a' said, "Verily I have made a mistake. 1 

 did not work correctly in forming his body. So still another will 1 

 attempt again." Now at that time again he made another. When 

 he completed it he said, "Listen, do thou stand upright. Also do 

 thou walk." Now he rose and he walked and he climbed a tree 

 standing near by and he seated himself at the top. Then O'ha'a' 

 looked at that and he meditated upon it; then again he said, "Surely 

 it seems, perhaps, that I made a mistake, for it seems, perhaps, one 

 would think he is too small and his tail is too long." Now then he 

 spoke and said, "Do thou descend therefrom at once." He spoke 

 nothing therefrom. Then O'ha'a' said, "Now again 1 shall make 

 another. He shall be large as to himself, this time." 



See note on p. 609. 



