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now thy person has fallen away from the whole matter. Now 

 those persons who have newly come to life here on this earth present 

 here have now come into control of it. So it will come to pass thus 

 in regard to the future posterity of human beings. If it so be that 

 at some time thej' will tell of thee then this shall be thy name and 

 they will continue to say, 'She, the Ancient of Body (the grand- 

 mother).' And verily the reason that thus it shall come to pass is 

 that now everything has been stripped from thy hands, all the 

 things which have just newly started to grow on the earth, also all 

 those things which have growm up, also the game animals, also the 

 human beings. So now as to thj'self it then shall come to pass that 

 thou shalt become a saga and that the human beings who will con- 

 tinue to dwell on this earth shall continue to relate it. " 



Now at that time De'hae°'hiyawa"kho'" said, "So now thou 

 whose bod}' I first newly made, thj' life is still in its infancy'^ and so 

 thou shalt have the name, and people will continually say, 'Sapling.' 

 So now as to the one who is one with thee, this shall be her name and 

 people will continue to say, 'The Growing Flower.' And the reason 

 that it shall come to pass that such shall be the names of you two 

 is that both your Uves will endure as long as the earth will be present 

 here. Verily, it means that the growing bushes and the growing 

 trees and the growing grasses fuU of flowers and the growing trees 

 are infantile, so both are new and infantile. So now it so shall be 

 forever, always there shall be new things coming to Hfe. 



"So now we will give thanks that we have overcome for all time, 

 and that all we shall continue to be peacefully contented. So now 

 thou, Sapling, thou wilt be the first one to give thanks. Thou shalt 

 cry out three times and all shall repeat your words, and that means 

 that now we are all happy. So thus it shall come to pass that in the 

 futm-e they shall continue to do thus, no matter for what piu-pose 

 people will rejoice." 



Now at that time Sapling cried out and he repeated it three times. 

 The sounds were extremely loud. Now in the next place all the 

 various kinds of game animals followed his voice and all cried out. 



Now De'hae°'hiyawa"kho°' said, "Now every matter which 

 remained unsettled has been entirely adjusted." 



Now at that time he said, "So one more matter is left. Now you, 

 O'ha'a', and my dear grandmother, you two must at once give back 

 the head of my dead mother, for now verily I myself will control 

 everything." 



At that time O'ha'a' replied and said, "Not yet, verily, have I 

 myself given up the head. So I nwself do not j'^et agree to the matter 

 that now thou shouldst control everything. So thus it shall come 



iCK note on p. 610. 



