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not possible for him to be able to again conceal himself; and then 

 at that time De'hae°'hiyawa"kho"' said, "He-Shakes-the-Earth (the 

 Earthquake)/' now it has come time that thou shouldst aid me. Now, 

 verily, it lightens over the earth over which thou hast care." Now 

 at that time there began to be many sounds on the earth, and now 

 also there began to be movements which increased in force, and 

 after a while now the earth and the world began to quake. Now 

 at that time O'ha'a' (Flint) said, "Now that is sufficient, the number 

 of powers^- thou hast exhibited. Now then I surrender. Now then 

 I give myself up to thee. Verily it is true that thou hast magic 

 power (orenda). Moreover, now, I shall keep still. My mind will 

 now be the only individual thing that I shall retain." Then 

 De'hae"'hiyawa"kho°' said, "That, seemingly, too, shall come to pass. 

 It is true that thou shalt continue to live also. Seemingly thou shalt 

 not continue to be in this place. It must needs be that thou shalt 

 go elsewhere to that place where the other world is present." Then 

 O'ha'a' (Flint) said, "Thus, seemingly', too, shall it come to pass, if 

 thou wilt consent that thou and I shall not be far apart." Then 

 De'hae'"hiyawa"kho°' said, "So, then, here verily thou shalt continue 

 to abide, at least so long as thou wilt do nothing wi'ong. If it so 

 be that yet again it wiU thus come to pass in the future, what thou 

 hast already done to me, then at that time it will thus come to 

 pass that it will be necessary for me to confine your body, and I 

 will also tether thee." 



Now at that time O'ha'a' (Flint) said, "Now also I just give my- 

 self up. If it so be that it is true that thus it will come to pass, 

 whenever it may be, then, and not till then, will I again consider 

 what manner of thing will next in order come to pass after that 

 occurrence." Now at that time again he spoke and said, "So, then, 

 wouldst thou not then consent to a single matter which I will request 

 of thee, which is but a small matter, and that, as long as possible, I 

 should visit my home?" Then De'hae'"hiyawa"kho"" said, "Verily, 

 perhaps, it will thus come to pass. But also only until that time when 

 I will complete the handiwork of the matters that stiU remain for 

 me to do. I still have unfinished that which does not satisfy me in 

 what takes place customarily in reference to the night, because usu- 

 ally when the nocturnal Orb of Light blots herself out the darkness 

 becomes too heavy. So, then, I will make that which will aid her 

 and which will be called Stars. So, then, customarily they will be 

 able to cause it to be light when again the nocturnal Orb of Light 

 (Moon) does not again cause it to be light. Next to that I will make 

 that which will have powers sufficient to have a duty to perform both 

 by day and also by night, to which, moreover, will be called the 

 Day-Bringer (The Morning Star). Moreover, when thou wilt see 



See note on p. 610. 



