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matter which we, you and I, have arranged is so durable that it will 

 last as long as our ohwachira shall continue to exist; and in tlie next 

 place, so long will it last as the earth shall endure; next it will last 

 so long as the grasses grow; and also so long as the shrubs and also 

 the trees shall continue to grow, and also so long as the ohwachira of 

 the animals endure; and also so long as the streams of water shall 

 continue to move their waters, also so long as the springs of water 

 flow, also so long as the diurnal Orb of Light (the Sun) takes his jour- 

 neys, and also the nocturnal Orb of Light continues to follow its 

 course; also so long as the Stars shall be fixed on the sky, also so long 

 as the Thunderers will be in the habit of coming from the west; and 

 also so long as the Winds will move the air about upon the earth. 



"Now, then, I myself do place the whole matter before your two 

 bodies, you Cousins. That, then, is what I have been able to do. 

 Now, I have finished arranging your afl'airs." 



Now at that time they, the Ancient Ones, considered all the mat- 

 ters which the Yomig Man had done. Even the several manners in 

 which he did these marvelous things fi'om the time that he began 

 doing them, from the time when he proposed those ideas as to what 

 should be done; also the manner in which he did classify the several 

 matters, and finally the manner in which he combined aU in an organic 

 whole, when he said, "Now I have completed all things." Then, 

 they, the Ancient Ones, said, "Verily, we shall not, presumably, see 

 still another person who wUl be able to do the thmgs which he has 

 done for us. Thereby shall oiu- flesh continue to live, also our 

 minds. And thereby also shall the several minds of our several 

 ohwachira be governed in action in the future, as long as our ohwa- 

 chira continue to exist. And then he has now delivered back to us 

 the plenary power which we had given him. Now, verily, we Cousins, 

 who have between us the Council Fire, hear it equally. Now, 

 verily, he has addressed us, saying, 'Now, the entire matter I lay 

 within the body of your people. Now, I have finished it. That is 

 as much as I have been able to do.' Thus, verUy, we believe, is what 

 he did. Now, then, our Cousins, you shall learn what has taken 

 place in the minds of us, on our part, who constitute our Sisterhood, 

 and with one voice we say, 'That we do thank the Young Man for 

 the most important work tnat he has done for us.'" 



Now at that time they who were on the other side of the Council 

 Fire considered the matter and confirmed the proposition, and then 

 they replied, saymg, "We on our side, with the united voice of our 

 entire Sisterhood of clans, think with combined interests, that it is 

 truly a good act that we should thank him. Then, moreover, in the 

 next place, we must at once complete this matter. And perhaps it 

 would be good that what we will continue to say when we speak of this 

 Young Man should be recognizable. And so we who are of the 



