HEWITT] MYTH OF THE EARTH-GRASPER 571 



Now, then, verily, it becomes tlie duty of us ull highly to prize this 

 Ceremony, and next that we must push the matter; that the number 

 of fixed Ceremonies shall be performed at the seasonal times lie has 

 severally indicated for them." 



At that time they did thus and they esteemed the Ceremony; and 

 they kept following the matter as De'hae°'hiyawa"kho'" ordained it. 



For some time, indeed, they were all of one mind in what they did, 

 when they were surprised that when they retired for the night they 

 then saw there visible in the sky the path (the Milky Way) and that 

 the pathway was plainly divided. It was not long after that they 

 could not agree in their minds. Now also they took opposite sides 

 of matters, they contended about matters; in so doing they turned 

 the matter in all possible wrong ways that thej^ knew, but all kept 

 only saj'ing, "This, indeed, is the form of the matter (Ceremony)." 

 Now seemingly the minds broke up. Now, then, they could not 

 agree. Now it was not possible for them to accomplish anything in 

 attemptmg to perform the Four Ceremonies. 



And there Odendonniha told it, saying, "De'hae'"hiyawa"kho°' 

 promised it, saying, 'Verily, do you not forget to love one another; 

 also pleasm-e, also peace, also the Four Ceremonies.' And next he 

 said, 'If it so be that you will forget them you can not continue to 

 live; and that next when you shall see that in the visible sky the path- 

 way there will be very plain, and that, too, it will be divided, 

 and all human beings wUI see it when at night it will be plainly 

 visible, and that along the pathway (the Milky Way) it will be 

 divided. And that, too, at that time there shall begin to be, too, 

 among hiunan beings two antagonistic (conditions of) mind. And 

 that, then, we will see that it has thus come to pass as He has told 

 us. Verily, so then we will fail in reasoning in our mind, then 

 we will lack in our esteem for the ceremonies which He has left us 

 and told us the manner in which we should perform them day after 

 day and night after night. So then it is necessary that all of you 

 should continue to take courage, and that you should continue to urge 

 the observance of all the ceremonies which He has ordained for us." 

 So then, although Odendonniha preached there, yet it was not possible 

 for them again to achieve good results and they could not work 

 harmoniously together again. It was thus day after day and night 

 after night among the people of one individual ohwachira (family), 

 there were contentions among themselves. 



It continued thus for some time, and then at the end of it there 

 began to occur peculiar happenings among the people. It became 

 frequent that one would disappear; now also it began to be that one 

 would kill a human being; now also the Orb of Light imdervvent an 

 unnatural change (an eclipse) and the Orb of Light disappeared; now, 

 then, there began to be in the several ohwachira (families) no peace; 



