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at the top of the bank. He alone, Beaver, remained in the 

 canoe and he said, "So then I will remain here witJi the canoe. I 

 will keep on the watch that if you two have need that I aid you two 

 it will only be necessary that you two name me, and that will be 

 sufficient and at once I will arrive there. " 



Now at that time every one answered and they said, "We also are 

 ready. Verily aU that is necessary is that you name us thence." 

 So now these two were surprised that there they swam along with 

 their heads out of the water, and then there near by they landed, 

 and these were all manner of animals. Fisher was the first one to 

 ascend the bank and he seated himself at the top of the bank and also 

 said, "So here then I humbly will continue to sit and I will just con- 

 tinue to be ready if it so be that it will become necessary that I 

 should give aid. " 



Now at that Lime De'hae°'hi3'awa"kho°' addressed Odendonni"a' 

 saying, "Come, then, now therefore let us two start." Now at 

 that time they two departed. Wlien they two arrived there 

 where stood the Tree of Light no one was going about there. Now at 

 that time Odendoiini"a' said, "Now I will humbly attempt to climb 

 it." So now he attempted to climb the standing tree. Only a 

 short distance had he gone when he was forced down, and there he 

 fell down and there he again stood. Now then he said, "It seems 

 perhaps that I am not able to climb it, because my feet do not by 

 any means grasp it." Then De'hae°'hiyawa"kho°' said, "Thus 

 verily is thy life new-born (infantile).*^ So now it has become mani- 

 fest in what thy body as it is is still lacking. That verily is what 

 I think still to complete as to thy body. That verily is that I have 

 failed to complete thy feet as they are. If indeed I had not thought 

 that it may be possible perhaps sometime that thou shouldst need to 

 climb growing trees. So now I will repair the error. That verily 

 is what is lacking is that thj' feet are not hollowed out (have no 

 instep)." 



Now at that time he said, "Hold up hither thy foot." Now Oden- 

 donni"a' held up his foot thither. Now at that time De'hae"'- 

 hi_yawa"kho''' took hold of his foot and then pressed the middle 

 part of his foot inwardly, and then he said, "Now I have completed 

 all that in which I had failed in what I made. So now at once do 

 thou again stand. Come, hasten thyself and climb it. Now verily 

 in a very short tune they two will arrive; I do not believe that thou 

 and I will have time for what we are about to do." Now at that time 

 Odendoiini"a' hastened and he climbed it. Most easily he ascended 

 rapidly. He arrived at the top of the tree, then verily he made haste 

 to detach the Head and took it off. At once he started back down 

 again, and he carried the Head in his arms on one side. Verily he 



Sec note on p. 610. 



