HEWITT] MYTH OF THE EARTH-GRASPER 519 



So when they arrived again at the shore of the water then there 

 was no more anywhere a floating bridge. Now the old woman said, 

 " ^Vhat manner of thing sliall we two do that thou and I may cross the 

 water? Now verily there is nowhere a floating bridge." 



Then O'ha'a' spoke and said, "Now verily the time has come 

 when I shall make myself a canoe; very soon now, verily, I will have 

 completed it." So now he began to make himself a canoe. In a 

 very short time he had entirely completed it. Then he said, "Come, 

 now, my dear grandmother, do thou get aboard." Now at that 

 time his grandmother and he got aboard. Now verily they two 

 recrossed the water. In a short time their canoe landed on the side 

 on which stood their lodge. When they two returned into the lodge 

 then O'ha'a' said, "Now verily thou and I have returned. So now 

 I shall make all manner of animals. Now I shall not again tell my 

 brother about it." 



Now at that time he set to work and worked rapidly. He at- 

 tempted to make the body of a game animal. He completed it and 

 then he said, "Come, do thou stand up. Do thou also walk." It 

 did not succeed in standing up. It just dragged its body along and 

 went on. At that time O'ha'a' said, "Indeed I think, perhaps, 

 De'hae°'hiyawa"kho°' has outwitted me. I will yet make another." 



Now at that time he again made another. And when he had 

 completed it then again he said, "Come, do thou stand upright and 

 do thou walk." Now again it did not succeed in standing upright. 

 Only that (was possible) it dragged its body along as it went. So 

 then he said, "It must needs be now that thus shall continue to 

 be the bodies of those I shall form. If it so be that they will become 

 numerous on the earth present here it does not matter that they go 

 into the water and cross over it and arrive there where floats the 

 island of my brother. I will even attempt also that by all means 

 they shall cause trouble contmually." 



Now at that time he began to make the bodies of a number of 

 animals. Just as fast as possible he kept on throwing their bodies 

 aside. Their bodies were in all manner of shapes. Now in a very 

 short while they became very numerous. Now at that time others 

 in turn whose bodies were extremely monstrous (ugly), now in turn 

 he made all the various kinds of such animals. 



As soon as they became numerous he then said, "To all you here 

 whose bodies I have formed I assign you a duty that if it so be ye 

 will be able to cross over the water ye shall go thither to yonder 

 floating island. At that place food is abundant. All manner of 

 things grow and game animals abound, human beings also, and it 

 matters not whether you eat up all those things which ye find there." 



Now at that time these beings traveled about. And they were 

 fierce in disposition. So some plunged into the water and some 



