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said, "Oh, my grandmother, it is thee, indeed, I come to seek. I 

 think that now, presumably, that thou shouldst again go from here 

 to another place." Now at that time she said, "Moreover, what 

 manner of thing will come to pass? O'ha'ii' (Flint) is not at home. I 

 believe he would not be pleased should I have gone elsewhere when 

 he will return. " Then De'hae°'hiyawa"kho'" said, "Do thou depart; 

 go thither to the place where my lodge stands. Thou wilt be abiding 

 there when I shall return there again. I, in reference to it, will be 

 remaining here, until I will again return. I it is who will converse 

 with him if it so be that he will ask whither thou hast gone." Now 

 she said, "Indeed, presumably, I am not able to depart hence if it 

 be that he do not know the place whither I have gone. Indeed, now, 

 also his thoughts have begun to be troubled because that some one 

 has carried away elsewhere the Head of the mother of you two." 

 Then he said, "Do thou look yonder; verily the one of whom thou 

 art now speaking is looking hitherward. " ^' Moreover, now she looked 

 and just then the Moon arose, its rays bursting through the forest 

 When she looked she then said, "It is true, verily, that that one is the 

 Mother of you two, and now also my thoughts are again pleasant. 

 Indeed, I had intended that I too, personally, would go no matter 

 where, and also no matter where I should die." Then De'hae"'hi- 

 yawa"kho°' said, "Do thou depart. It will not now be long before 

 thou, too, personally wilt go above again. That too will come to 

 pass that thou personally wilt have a duty to perform and that thou 

 shalt assist her. Indeed, there is still lacking some one whom I 

 should appoint who should continue to attend to the things on the 

 earth here present. Indeed I, personally, do not desire to spoil 

 anything which my brother has severally made. Moreover, he and 

 I will not differ in anything, it matters not that I did not make it. " 

 Now at that time she said, "That also would please my mind that 

 both your mind and that of your brother shoidd agree. " He replied 

 and said, "That too is personally my wish. If it would be possible 

 so to be, or if it should not be, moreover, that it should be possible, 

 then things here also should not continue as they are. " 



Now at that time she went out, and now, moreover, she departed. 

 She arrived at the place where the island is, and then she sought for 

 the persons of Odendonniha and also of Awenhaniyonda. She could 

 not find their persons, and so then she went to the place where stood 

 the lodge of De'hae'''hiyawa"kho°'. She arrived at the lodge and 

 found that there was nobody at home, and then she sat down there. 

 Not long afterwards then they two whom she sought returned. 

 Now at that time she said, "I have just now arrived. I do not know 

 what manner of thing, presumably, is taking place whence I departed. 

 O'ha'a' (Flint) is not at home, and Dc'hae'"hiyawa"kho''' is the only 



See note on p. GlO. 



