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MYTH OP THE EARTH-GRASPER 5S'l 



which He has gone to see what there is there. He said, verily, 'One 

 shall follow mj' tracks; at the place where my tracks will end there 

 they two shall see growing that upon which you will continue to live, 

 the Corn, and next the Bean, and next the Native Squash. So 

 then, it is now time that they two should go to see if it be so, verily, 

 that they two shall truly see them, then, verily, they two should 

 bring them back, so that we could see the new things by which we 

 shall continue to live.'" 



Now, at that time, they decided for themselves that they would 

 seek for a male person who was just beginning to change his voice, 

 that is, a youth. When they had found him, they asked him whether 

 he would be able to follow the path along which De'hae'"hiyawa'- 

 'kho°' had gone away. At that time, then, the youth said, "I will 

 volunteer to do thus, if it so be, that what De'hae'"hiyawa"kho''" 

 ordained, elected my person." At that time, then, they sought for 

 a maiden. So then, when they found one, then, at that time, they 

 said, "Behold, here thou hast been elevated by what one has ordained 

 to be done. So, then, thou must go together with him, who has 

 already volunteered that you two should follow the path along which 

 De'hae°'hiyawa"kho"' has gone away. You two shall go to see what 

 thing has been done at the place where his path ended. Thee it is, 

 in person, He has chosen. So then, He has ordered that she, the 

 female human being, shall be the first to take up the Corn and the 

 Bean, that the male human being, for his part, shall take up the 

 Native Squash. So then, that shall come to pass which De'hae°'hi- 

 yawa"kho°' had ordei-ed." At that time, then, the maiden said, 

 "Thus, seemingly, also, shall it come to pass, if it so be that what has 

 been ordered elected my person; thus, seemingly, too, shall I do." 



At that time, then, the Elder Ones said, "Now, verily, we are for- 

 tunate in that we have found the persons, and that both are willing 

 truly to do as De1iae'"1iiyawa"kho°' has ordained us to do. Now, then, 

 you two who have volunteered, must pay strict attention, when they, 

 the Elder Ones, severally shall speak; so then, they unanimously have 

 made rulable preparation now to greet you two with thanksgiving, 

 repeatedly, because the minds of you two are not stubborn (and 

 uncivil). Your two persons were found to carry into effect the things 

 that De'hae°'hiyawa"kho"' has ordained for us to do. So then, now 

 you two shall start and you two shall follow His path. You must go 

 along on His path. So then, it shall come to pass that, at whatsoever 

 distance away His tracks end, there you two must look carefully, if it 

 so be, that you two may see something growing there which you two 

 have never loiown, and which, also, you two have never seen; at that 

 time, then thou, the warrior, must take thy stand on the east side of 

 the place where is growing the new thing that thou wilt see. At that 

 time, then, she, the human being, must take her stand on the west 



