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elers were greatly surprised to learn that the flowers of these trees 

 were the sole source of the light of that world. They also noted 

 the fact that all the beasts and animals and birds possessed excep- 

 tionally fine bodies and attractive presence. They remarked, too, 

 that thej^ had seen nothing, during their journey thither, so wonder- 

 ful and so strange. 



They saw with astonishment the exuberance of the growing 

 grasses and plants, and among these tliey beheld in ricli profusion 

 the fruited stalks of the strawberry plants, which were just as tall 

 as the grasses among which they grew. During their entne journey 

 thither they had not seen such large luscious berries growing. 



Havmg gone some distance into the new country they were sur- 

 prised at seeing in the distance a great multitude of Man Beings who 

 were assembled on the heath, the playground of that people, they 

 appeared to the travelers to be at games of amusement. 



Then De'hae°'hyo'we'"s said, "Wiat is to be done now, my 

 friends, seeing that we have now arrived at the dwelling place of 

 strange Man Beings, and that we have now no arms with which to 

 defend ourselves should these people living here attempt to do us 

 harm?" 



Thereupon Gae^'hyakdou'dye' spoke, saying, "We have, indeed, 

 made an agreement, as you know, that we woidd forsake our kindred 

 and our lives to accomplish the purpose of this expedition. You 

 know that each of us volunteered by "notching the rod" to carry 

 out that agreement. And now, if we are to die here, we can do 

 nothing to avoid such an end; we must not break our resolution 

 and compact to follow the path of the Sun to its end. Nevertheless, 

 the only thing that is certain, in the case of our death, is that our 

 careers would end here." 



Then his brother, De'hae'"hy6'we°'s, replied to him, saying, 

 "The matter stands even as you have stated it, so, then, let us go 

 forward to meet this people." They then started, going thither 

 to the place where they saw the people assembled. 



In a very short time they arrived at the place where the great 

 multitude was assembled. There, not far from the others, the 

 anxious travelers came to a standstill. Looking around them they 

 saw that the inhabitants of the village were in readiness to see a 

 game of lacrosse ball-play, and that the players were even then 

 standing in theii' accustomed places. 



In a short time the game commenced, and the vast multitude 

 drew near to be spectators of it. As soon as the game was fairly 

 under way there arose a great tumult; there was shouting and loud 

 cries of excitement and approbation caused by the varying fortunes 

 of favorite players. The great multitude rejoiced, and the new 

 arrivals were greatly delighted with what they saw. 



