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retvirned home and then I prepared food, which my children will eat 

 and also my grandchildren." 



At that time he said, "That, verily, which thou didst see is a game 

 animal. He v/ho completed om- nature has finished its body, and, 

 moreover, that is your kind of clan. And people will continue to 

 call thee by the name. Deer clan. Wherein thou didst dip the water 

 out of the flowing stream, verily, the water flows in a certain 

 direction; thus, moreover, will it come to pass soon when the smi 

 departs and arises that it will go in a certain direction; thus, too, will 

 it come to pass in your ohwachira that they will esteem it so much 

 that they will continue to say, the Deer is our kind of clan." At that 

 time, he went elsewhere. 



He arrived at the place where another Ancient, a woman, abode. 

 Now again he said, "I am thankfid that the day has come upon us 

 in peace," Then she said, "Verily, I am tridy thankful, indeed." 

 At that time he said, "What manner of thing hast thou done since 

 thou arose? WTiat kind of thing, also, didst thou see that was mar- 

 velous?" Then she said, "I went to dip water from the flowing 

 stream; and, moreover, when I dipped up the water I was surprised 

 that there near by me stood a bear. That, moreover, I then departed 

 thence, and I returned and then prepared food that we, my children 

 and also nw grandchildren, should eat." At that time he said, "It 

 is true, verily, that it came to pass that indeed thou didst see a game 

 animal. And that, too, was one whose body He who finished our 

 natures formed. Moreover, then, your kind of clan is the Bear; and 

 that will be what people will be in the habit of calling thy clan and thy 

 ohwachira in the future. And thy grandchildren will continue to say, 

 the Bear is our kind of clan. And, moreover, you will be brothers 

 and sisters to that ohwachira I just passed by whose kind of clan is 

 the Deer." 



Now at that time he went elsewhere. He arrived at the place 

 where another Ancient, a woman, abode. And now again he said, "I 

 am thankful that the day has come upon us in peace." At that time 

 she replied, saying, "Verily, I am truly thankful, indeed." At that 

 time he said, " Wliat manner of thing hast thou done smce thou arose? 

 What kind of marvelous thing also didst thou see?" Then she said, 

 "I went to dip water from the flowing stream. Moreover, when I 

 dipped up the water I was surprised that along the sand hard by ran 

 a Sandpiper." At that time he said, "That, verily, which thou didst 

 see is a small game animal, and that thy kind of clan is the Sandpiper. 

 And, moreover, so thou personally wilt continue to be called, and 

 the posterity of thy ohwachira, and thy grandchildren too, and you 

 and they will continue to say, 'the Sandpiper is our kind of clan.' 

 And, moreover, you will be brothers and sisters to the ohwachira I 

 have just passed, whose kinds of clans respectively are the Deer and 

 the Bear." 



