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Then at that time O'ha'a' said, "There are two still remaining 

 wliich I have left which I shall show to you." So then they two went 

 on. Near by there the two animals went about. O'ha'a' said, 

 "This one here is called a deer, and that one is called a bear." Now 

 De'hae°'hiyawa"kho°' looked and spoke and said, "That is not in 

 fact a deer." Then at that time it sang, crying out loudly. Thus 

 too in the same manner did the other one. 



Now De'hae°'hiyawa"kho'" said, "This one here verily wiU be 

 called a wolf. Now the other, which thou sayest is a bear, shall be 

 called a grizzly bear." 



Now at that tune De'hae°'hiyawa"kho''' said, "Thou in turn shalt 

 go back there to-morrow. Our grandmother shall accompany thee 

 this time. Then at that time De'hae°'hiyawa"kho'" went home. 



Now at that time O'ha'a' also went home. It was not long before 

 he arrived there at the place where stood their lodge, and then he said, 

 "Oh, my dear grandmother, that has come to pass in regard to the 

 human being I made and the deer and the bear, that I showed them 

 to De'hae°'hiyawa"kho'", and he did not confirm them. Not, it is 

 said, did I make them correctly. So now my idea (opinion) con- 

 cerning all those beings whose bodies I have made is that yet (still) 

 I shall make the bodies also of beings different severally from these. 

 So thus it shall come to pass. In that direction shall I send them, 

 toward the place where floats the island of my brother. In that 

 direction (on that side) they will seek for theh food. Verily they 

 will eat all those things which my brother has now completed. If it 

 so be that this tm-n of affairs will displease hmi, he and I will fight as a 

 last resort. So to-morrow thou and I shall go thither to the place 

 where stands the lodge of De'hae'"hiyawa"kho'"." The old 

 woman right away replied and said, "What thing shall thou and I 

 do that thou and I may cross the waters which occupy the space 

 between the two floating islands?" 



Then O'ha'a' said, "That verily is a thing that matters little. I 

 myself will cause a bridge to float. I will have completed it within 

 the tune that daylight shall come." Then the old woman said, 

 "If so it be that thou wilt be able to cause a bridge to float, then and 

 not until then shall I agree to accompany thee." 



\^Tien it became evening then O'ha'a' said, "Now I will begin it, 

 now verily I will cause a bridge to float." As to thee, thou shalt then 

 be completely ready. The time that thou and I will start will be 

 governed only by the time that daylight shall come." So now he 

 went out. Now at that tune he said, "Oh thou. Black Night, thou 

 hast that power which, if it were a human being, would complete the 

 bridge in the space lying between these two islands, during the length 



.Sec note on p. 609. 



