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dear grandmother and I will become aware of it should it so be that 

 some one will plaj' a trick upon her; if also one should rob us of the 

 head, so I will be prepared that at once I shall make a reply if it so 

 be that there will come a day when one will rob us of the head, and 

 that shall be that as far as I am able I shall watch constantly in the 

 days that come and the nights that come. If it so be that I become 

 aware that some one will play a trick with it I promise that at once 

 without fail I will destroy that person, no matter whether it be a 

 human being or a game animal." 



Now at that time De'hae°'hiyawa"kho°' spoke and said, "Now 

 verily all that shall come to pass at some future day is satisfactory 

 to j'our minds. So I will tell you that the way in which you two 

 arranged this will be of no aid to anyone whatsoever. 



"So now that matter is still in abeyance with wliich thou, Elder 

 Woman, didst challenge me. Verily thou hast struck my doorpost by 

 way of challenge that thou and I should bet. Verily thou didst say 

 that thou and I will bet for this, that whosoever shall win shall con- 

 trol all the things which the earth present here contains. So now I 

 shall watch for it; so I will continue to be ready. Verily now the 

 night (date) wliich thou hast appointed has come, in that thou didst 

 say, 'In 10 days' time thou and I shall bet.' So not until that shall 

 pass will I then add to, the things which I still lack in all the things 

 which remain which I have to do here on the earth." 



Now at that time his grandmother said, "Now even I am also 

 ready. So now verily thou shalt continue to watch thence for one 

 and I will arrive there soon." Now at that time De'hae"'hiyawa'- 

 'kho°' said, "Thus too it shall come to pass, so now I start home." 

 So at that time he started home from there. As soon as he returned 

 to where stood his lodge of bark then he said, "Now the time has 

 come that I myself and you whose bodies I have severally completed, 

 without a single exception, face verily an ominous thing which is 

 coming to pass and has now brought our affairs to a crisis. To- 

 morrow the old woman, the dear grandmother of O'ha'a', will come, 

 and verily she comes seeking whatsoever things I have placed imder 

 your control. Verily she desires that if it be so that she shall win and 

 overcome me, she verily desires that not a thing shall again grow 

 which you two human beings and the game animals live upon. She 

 desires to ruin all these things. Now, should that time come, verily 

 it will be distressing to all things whatsoever. There shall not bo 

 anything upon which you two may live, also the game animals. So 

 thus it shall come to pass, if it be so that I myself win, that I myself 

 shall rule all the things, all that the earth present here contain-s so • 

 unchanged, in that event, the kind of things over which I myself gave 

 you control shall continue to be. In the next place, I shall yet add 



