HEWITT] MYTH OF THE EARTH-GRASPER 525 



is reddish; behold this one which thou thyself hast made and in 

 which I aided thee we moreover shall continue to call him the ax 

 maker,^* whose body is white." This is the modern name of a 

 white person or European.) 



At that time then O'ha'a' said, "That too shall come to pass in 

 that way; I agree to that matter. So now verily I will be able to 

 make still another human being. Now verily thou hast given me 

 the task, and that I shall take only from any place on the body of 

 this white man whose body is white." Then De'hae'"hiyawa"kho°' 

 said, "Verily I said that that is all that I mj^self shall assist thee." 

 Now at that time O'ha'a' spoke and said, "Still there is also a single 

 matter which remains to me. And that is that verily the beings, the 

 game animals whose bodies I completed, have departed." Then 

 De'hae'"hiyawa"kho°' said, "So who then is it who made the moun- 

 tain standing yonder in the distance? So who is it also who made 

 that cavern into the earth there directly at the inside of that standing 

 mountain?" 



Now at that time O'ha'ii' was closely pressed and he became very 

 angry. At once he believed that he knew, it is possible, how it was. 

 So then he said, "I believe, as is known, that the game animals, 

 perhaps, made it thus." Now De'hae°'hiyawa"kho°' spoke and 

 said, "If it so be that the game animals have as much power as 

 that, then I certainly believe that they have done thus, made the 

 open cavern into the earth, and also that they are like those which 

 are lost and are abiding therein." 



Now at that time O'ha'a' said, "Let thou and me go thither. 

 Perhaps, it is known, that they are certainly abiding there at this 

 time." At that time they two started. Now in a short time they 

 arrived beside the mountain, and then they saw a large rock lying 

 against it. Now De'hac'"hiyawa"kho°' spoke and said, "Here 

 verily is the place where the game animals have their cavern." Now 

 at that time he took up the rock and threw it aside. Now at that 

 time he was greatly surprised that only all kinds of monsters emerged 

 in large numbers. Now there they too watched them continue to come 

 forth. Now some came dragging their bodies along by crawling; 

 they severally had no teeth and they severally differed one from 

 another in the forms of their bodies and in their size; some were 

 small, some were large; in the next place it was very evident that 

 they were fiercely ill-humored and they severally showed their teeth 

 by snarling. 



Then De'hae°'hiyawa"kho"' said, "It would not result in good, 

 perhaps, that those things should associate with the human beings, 

 these beings whose bodies have these shapes. If at this time they 

 should see them (human beings) these would not continue to live, 

 so that, perhaps, is good that it matters not that those things should 

 continue to abide there inside of the earth." 



See note on p. 610. 



