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there shall continue to be discords among the minds of those who will 

 hove human bodies here upon the earth. Also that skyward the 

 path will divide itself by forldug for them. So then you shall continue 

 to note by that which has come to pass that now you have seen that 

 my power is manifest in a Rainbow on the earth present here. All 

 persons shall continue to guide themselves by it; that is, if the 

 Rainbow will stand forth so will the earth here present continue to 

 exist, and also all things that arc growing thereon, also the aninuils, 

 also all those to whom I have appointed overseeing duties. So then 

 when, verOy, you will see it thus come to pass that in the sky ye will 

 see a Rainbow stand forth, coming out of the place of the sunrise 

 and going along through the middle of the sky and resting again in 

 the west, when you will see it thus come to pass, then at that time 

 will the earth present here come to an end, also all that it contains, 

 also your protection by those who move about above from place to 

 place. Then all decrees will come to an end. So then I will tell 

 you that I have bestowed the duty to the persons, the Thunderers, 

 who are in the habit of coming from the west, which they will continue 

 to keep and which they will also continue to carry about with them, 

 and that then you \nll continue to guide yourselves by it on the earth, 

 that then they, the Thunderers, will travel about from place to place. 

 Now also they will again wash off the earth. All will again become 

 new. Now all my handiwork here will receive renewed life. You 

 will see then customarily the Rainbow stand forth on the earth here. 



"So then it will thus continue to be so long as all my handiwork 

 will continue in operation, and also all of my ordinances. 



"Now, then, I tell you that, verily, there had been a day when I 

 was here on the earth. That, also, there in that very place my power 

 grew of itself, and that, next, I used the bow and also the arrow here 

 on the earth. There, in that very place, grows that of which it was 

 made, and that, next, there that was the first to succeed in growing 

 which succeeded in being able to cause it to be daylight, the Sunflower, 

 verily, it is of a yellow color. And the next was the Red Willow, 

 that was the first to be able to grow on the earth. And now, in refer- 

 ence to the game animals the Great Bluebird was the first to make 

 (beget) its life. So then, three was the number of colors which were 

 the first to beget themselves here on the earth. So then, that is the 

 cause then that thereby you shall continue to take for a sign how 

 long the matter will continue to be, for so long ye shall continue to 

 see it, and thereby the earth shall live, and also the sky. So then, 

 customarily, when ye will see it, you will continue to call it Rainbow 

 that is present. That here where the Thunderers are in the habit 

 of traveling, coming from the west and going from place to place, 

 there will be the place where that Rainbow will be in the habit of show- 

 ing itself; so then by that ye shall contiime to remember me as long 



