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days of human beings. So then I will attempt to continue to aid 

 human beings without ceasing, I will continue to remove away 

 illness, that is if it so be that perhaps they still have' some remaining 

 days. So that it will continue to be possible that they will remember 

 me in that I should aid them. So they will continue to address me 

 in customarily saying, 'My Dear Grandfather.' And when custom- 

 arily they will tell of me then they will say, ' Our Dear Grandfather ' ; 

 by that shall human beings continue to designate me. So then I 

 myself will continue to greet them by this that I will say, 'My Dear 

 Grandchildren,' when I will direct my words there toward mankind 

 who go about from place to place here on the earth. 



"To thee I will verily refer the matter as to what manner of 

 thing thou wilt say shall come to pass. Now verily thou hast knowl- 

 edge of what has taken place in my mind." 



Now then De'hae°'hiyawa"kho"' said, "I will confirm (by 

 accepting) thy desire that thou seekest to continue to aid mankind, 

 and in the next place the game animals. Just one thing I tliink 

 perhaps would not result in good, that thou shouldst reveal thyself 

 to them, if also thou shouldst reveal thy power, because, it may be, 

 as to that thou wouldst frighten them should they see thee and thy 

 manner of doing. 



"So then that perhaps would result in good that in some place 

 thou shouldst continue to abide, (for) verily nothing can bar thy 

 sight and thou wilt continue to hear them fully when mankind will 

 speak of or to thee. Nothing verily is a bar to thee." 



Now at that time Hadu"i' was pleased and now he said, "I accept 

 thy proposition. Now then I will tell thee what shall come to pass. 

 So then I humbly choose to abide there, indeed there verily I shall 

 dwell in the places where the ground is rough and there are stone 

 cliffs, there where there are tall rocks and also high banks. Then 

 no one will see me; there I will continue to abide as long as the earth 

 shall continue to be in this place. It is true, verily, perhaps, that it 

 would not result in good that the human beings whom thou hast 

 formed and I shouldst commingle, and in the next place the game 

 animals and all the kinds of things which grow on the earth. That 

 shall come to pass. 



"So that then that will continue to be possible in the future as 

 the days come that I shall continue to greet human beings as 'My 

 Dear Grandchildren.' So then there is nothing to prevent that they 

 shall make something that shall resemble my humble body *- and 

 also my face. 



"So then it will be possible that from a certain tree, whose life is 

 singularly hardy, and which verily is called basswood, shall be taken 

 the timber from which one shall make that which shall resemble 



See note ou p. 610. 



